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Record Nr.

UNINA9910139500403321

Titolo

Dynamics of large herbivore populations in changing environments [[electronic resource] ] : towards appropriate models / / edited by Norman Owen-Smith

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

ISBN

1-282-45663-6

9786612456633

1-4443-1859-4

1-4443-1860-8

Descrizione fisica

xiii, 201 p

Altri autori (Persone)

Owen-SmithR. Norman

Disciplina

599.6/17

Soggetti

Ungulates - Ecology

Herbivores - Ecology

Mammal populations - Mathematical models

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"This book originated from a working group established at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara"--Pref.

Nota di contenuto

Definitive case studies / Norman Owen-Smith and Jason P. Marshal -- The suite of population models / Norman Owen-Smith -- Climatic influences : temperate-tropical contrasts / Norman Owen-Smith -- Demographic processes : lessons from long-term, individual-based studies / Jean-Michel Gaillard, Tim Coulson and Marco Festa-Bianchet -- Irruptive dynamics and vegetation interactions / John E. Gross, Iain J. Gordon and Norman Owen-Smith -- How does landscape heterogeneity shape dynamics of large herbivore populations? / N. Thompson Hobbs and Iain J. Gordon -- Towards an ecology of population dynamics / Norman Owen-Smith.