Applied population biology /
An increasing variety of biological problems involving resource management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There appears to be a mixed...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Dordrecht [Netherlands] ; Boston :
Kluwer Academic Publishers,
[1992]
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| Series: | Monographiae biologicae ;
v. 67. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | An increasing variety of biological problems involving resource management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There appears to be a mixed record of successes and failures and almost no critical synthesis or reviews that have attempted to discuss the reasons and ways in which population biology, with its remarkable theoretical as well as experimental advances, could find more useful application in agriculture, forestry, fishery, medicine and resource and environmental management. This book provides examples of state-of-the-art applications by a distinguished group of researchers in several fields. The diversity of topics richly illustrates the scientific and economic breadth of their discussions as well as epistemological and comparative analyses by the authors and editors. Several principles and common themes are emphasized and both strengths and potential sources of uncertainty in applications are discussed. This volume will hopefully stimulate new interdisciplinary avenues of problem-solving research. |
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| Item Description: | "This book arose out of a series of seminars at the University of California, Davis, held in the spring of 1986 ... sponsored by the Alfred P. Sloane Foundation"--Foreword. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 295 pages) : illustrations. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 0585329117 (electronic bk.) 9780585329116 (electronic bk.) |