LEADER 04058nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9911019494403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786612456633 010 $a9781282456631 010 $a1282456636 010 $a9781444318593 010 $a1444318594 010 $a9781444318609 010 $a1444318608 035 $a(CKB)2550000000002831 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000336927 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11273635 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336927 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10282348 035 $a(PQKB)11150219 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC477891 035 $a(Perlego)2758074 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002831 100 $a20091006d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aDynamics of large herbivore populations in changing environments $etowards appropriate models /$fedited by Norman Owen-Smith 210 $aHoboken, NJ $cWiley-Blackwell$d2010 215 $axiii, 201 p 300 $a"This book originated from a working group established at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara"--Pref. 311 08$a9781405198950 311 08$a1405198958 311 08$a9781405198943 311 08$a140519894X 327 $aDefinitive 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. 330 8 $aThis book aims to reconcile theoretical models of population dynamics with what is currently known about the population dynamics of large mammalian herbivores. It arose from a working group established at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to address the need for models that better accommodate environmental variability, especially for herbivores dependent on changing vegetation resources. The initial chapter reviews findings from definitive long-term studies of certain other ungulate populations, many based on individually identifiable animals. Other chapters cover climatic influences, emphasising temperate versus tropical contrasts, and demographic processes underlying population dynamics, more generally. There are new assessments of irruptive population dynamics, and of the consequences of landscape heterogeneity for herbivore populations. An initial review of candidate population models is followed up by a final chapter outlining how these models might be modified to better accommodate environmental variability. The contents provide a foundation for resolving problems of diminishing large mammal populations in Africa, over-abundant ungulate populations elsewhere, and general consequences of global change for biodiversity conservation. This book will serve as a definitive outline of what is currently known about the population dynamics of large herbivores. 606 $aUngulates$xEcology 606 $aHerbivores$xEcology 606 $aMammal populations$xMathematical models 615 0$aUngulates$xEcology. 615 0$aHerbivores$xEcology. 615 0$aMammal populations$xMathematical models. 676 $a599.6/17 701 $aOwen-Smith$b R. Norman$01840124 712 02$aNational Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis. 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911019494403321 996 $aDynamics of large herbivore populations in changing environments$94419626 997 $aUNINA