Theoretical ecology : principles and applications /

Theoretical Ecology provides a succinct, up-to-date overview of the field set in the context of applications, thereby bridging the traditional division of theory and practice. It describes the recent advances in our understanding of how interacting populations of plants and animals change over time...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie), 1936- (Editor), McLean, Angela R. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2020.
Edition:Third edition.
Subjects:
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:Theoretical Ecology provides a succinct, up-to-date overview of the field set in the context of applications, thereby bridging the traditional division of theory and practice. It describes the recent advances in our understanding of how interacting populations of plants and animals change over time and space, in response to natural or human-created disturbance. In an integrated way, initial chapters give an account of the basic principles governing the structure, function, and temporal and spatial dynamics of populations and communities of plants and animals. Later chapters outline applications of these ideas to practical issues including fisheries, infectious diseases, tomorrow's food supplies, climate change, and conservation biology.
Item Description:This edition previously issued in print: 2007.
Physical Description:1 online resource (ix, 257 pages) : illustrations (black and white).
Audience:Specialized.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780191917370 (ebook)
0191917370 (ebook)
9786611160685
661116068X
0191526193
9780191526190
1281160687
9781281160683
1429470534
9781429470537