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Autore |
Murdoch William W |
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Titolo |
Consumer-resource dynamics / / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Roger M. Nisbet |
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Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2003] |
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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 : illustrations |
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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 |
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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 and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1. Introduction -- 2. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts -- 3. Simple Models in Continuous Time -- 4. Simple Models in Discrete Time -- 5. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure -- 6. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles -- 7. State-Dependent Decisions -- 8. Competition between Consumer Species -- 9. Implications for Biological Control -- 10. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes -- 11. Synthesis and Integration across Systems -- 12. Concluding Remarks. |
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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 the book synthesizes and extends the authors' own models involving insect parasitoids and their hosts, and explores in depth how consumer species compete for a dynamic resource. The emerging general |
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