LEADER 05428nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910146263303321 005 20170816120104.0 010 $a1-4443-1375-4 010 $a9786612371738 010 $a1-282-37173-8 010 $a1-4443-1376-2 010 $a1-4051-4944-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000457070 035 $a(EBL)454322 035 $a(OCoLC)609843811 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000224528 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11191285 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000224528 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10209919 035 $a(PQKB)10306687 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC454322 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000457070 100 $a19950629d1996 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPopulation ecology$b[electronic resource] $ea unified study of animals and plants /$fMichael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson 205 $a3rd ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aCambridge, Mass $cBlackwell Science$d1996 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-632-03478-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 225-237) and indexes. 327 $aPOPULATION ECOLOGY: A Unified Study of Animals and Plants, THIRD EDITION; Contents; Preface; Part 1: SINGLE-SPECIES POPULATIONS; Chapter 1: Describing populations; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Population processes; 1.3 The diagrammatic life table; 1.3.1 General form; 1.3.2 The common field grasshopper, an annual species; 1.3.3 Ragwort, a biennial; 1.3.4 More complex life cycles; 1.3.5 Age and stage: the problems of describing some plant and animal populations; 1.4 Conventional life tables; 1.4.1 The cohort life table; 1.4.2 The static life table; 1.4.3 Resume; 1.5 Some generalizations 327 $a1.6 The modular growth of organisms1.7 Buried seed banks; Chapter 2: Intraspecific competition; 2.1 The nature of intraspecific competition; 2.2 Three characteristics of intraspecific competition; 2.3 Density-dependence: a fourth characteristic; 2.4 Scramble and contest; 2.5 Actual effects of intraspecific competition; 2.5.1 Palmblad's data; 2.5.2 Competition in plants: a deeper look; 2.5.3 lndividual variability; 2.5.4 Self-thinning in plants; 2.5.5 Competition in Patella cochlear; 2.5.6 Competition in the fruit fly; 2.6 Negative competition; Chapter 3: Models of single-species populations 327 $a3.1 Introduction3.2 Populations breeding at discrete intervals; 3.2.1 The basic equations; 3.2.2 Incorporation of a range of competition; 3.2.3 Models for annual plants; 3.3 Continuous breeding; 3.4 The utility of the equations; 3.4.1 Causes of population fluctuations; 3.4.2 The equations as descriptions; 3.4.3 'Cobwebbing'-a more general approach; 3.5 Incorporation of age-specific fecundity and mortality; 3.5.1 The matrix model; 3.5.2 Using the model; 3.5.3 A working example: Poa annua; Part 2: INTERSPECIFIC INTERACTIONS; Chapter4: Interspecific competition 327 $a4.1 The nature of interspecific interactions4.2 Interspecific competition; 4.3 A field example: granivorous ants; 4.4 Competition between plant species: experimental approaches; 4.4.1 Manipulating density; 4.4.2 Manipulating resources; 4.5 The ecological niche; 4.6 The Competitive Exclusion Principle; 4.7 Competitive exclusion in the field; 4.8 Competitive release; 4.9 Coexistence: resource partitioning; 4.10 Character displacement; 4.11 Competition: its avoidance or its non-existence?; 4.12 Competition and coexistence in plants; 4.13 A logistic model of two-species competition 327 $a4.13.1 The model's utility4.13.2 A test of the model: fruit fly competition; 4.14 Analysis of competition in plants; 4.15 Niche overlap; 4.16 Competition and heterogeneity; Chapter 5: Predation; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Patterns of abundance; 5.3 Coevolution, and specialization amongst predators; 5.3.1 One explanation for the degrees of specialization; 5.3.2 Food preference and predator switching; 5.4 Time and timing; 5.5 Effects on prey fitness; 5.5.1 The effects of herbivores on plant fitness; 5.6 'The effects of predation-rate on predator fitness; 5.6.1 Thresholds; 5.6.2 Food quality 327 $a5.7 The functional response of predators to prey availability 330 $aWorldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook on this titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describes the present state of population ecology in terms that can be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no background in the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrate each topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to show how fundamental principles can be derived that apply to both species. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book, and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of real experimental data 606 $aPopulation biology 606 $aEcology 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPopulation biology. 615 0$aEcology. 676 $a574.5/248 676 $a577.88 700 $aBegon$b Michael$062753 701 $aMortimer$b Martin$075983 701 $aThompson$b David J$0362611 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910146263303321 996 $aPopulation ecology$92163533 997 $aUNINA