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Ecology with special reference to animals and man

Title
Ecology with special reference to animals and man / S. Charles Kendeigh.
Author
Kendeigh, S. Charles (Samuel Charles), 1904-1986
Publication
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, [1974]

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Description
vi, 474 pages : illustrations, maps, graphs, tables; 29 cm
Subject
  • Ecology
  • Ecology
  • ecology
  • Ökologie
  • Ökosystem
Note
  • First published in 1961 under title: Animal ecology.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 410-451.
Contents
Background. Scope and history of ecology ; General nature of environmental responses ; The biotic community : structure and dynamics -- Community ecology. Streams and water pollution ; Lakes and eutrophication ; Ponds, marshes, swamps, and bogs ; Rock, sand, and clay ; Grassland, forests, and forest-edges -- Ecosystem ecology. Soil formation, chemical cycles, soil and air pollution ; Food and feeding relationships ; Energy exchanges, productivity, and yield for man -- Population ecology. Intra- and interspecific coactions between individuals ; reproductivity and population structure ; Regulation of population size and pest control ; Irruptions, catastrophes, cycles, and the population explosion of man -- Evolutionary ecology. Niche segragation, species diversity, and adaptation ; Speciation and cultural evolution -- Geographical ecology. Dispersal dynamics and distributional patterns ; Paleoecology and the emergence of man ; Temperate deciduous forest biome ; Coniferous forest, woodland, and temperate shrubland biomes ; Tundra biome ; Grassland biome ; Desert biome ; Tropical biomes -- Marine ecology. Oceanography.
ISBN
  • 0132227452
  • 9780132227452
LCCN
73014558
OCLC
  • ocm00700795
  • 700795
  • SCSB-9621798
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library