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Autore |
Murdoch William W |
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Titolo |
Consumer-resource dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Roger M. Nisbet |
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Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-05146-4 |
1-4008-4725-7 |
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Edizione |
[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (479 p.) |
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Collana |
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Monographs in Population Biology ; ; 36 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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BriggsCheryl J. <1963-> |
NisbetR. M |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Population biology - Mathematical models |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [425]-449) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts -- CHAPTER THREE. Simple Models in Continuous Time -- CHAPTER FOUR. Simple Models in Discrete Time -- CHAPTER FIVE. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure -- CHAPTER SIX. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Competition between Consumer Species -- CHAPTER NINE. Implications for Biological Control -- CHAPTER TEN. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Synthesis and Integration across Systems -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Concluding Remarks -- Literature Cited -- Index -- Back matter |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Despite often violent fluctuations in nature, species extinction is rare. California red scale, a potentially devastating pest of citrus, has been suppressed for fifty years in California to extremely low yet stable densities by its controlling parasitoid. Some larch budmoth populations undergo extreme cycles; others never cycle. In Consumer-Resource Dynamics, William Murdoch, Cherie Briggs, and Roger Nisbet use these and numerous other biological examples to lay the groundwork for a unifying theory applicable to predator-prey, parasitoid-host, and other consumer-resource interactions. Throughout, the focus is on how the properties of real organisms affect population dynamics. The core of |
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