Autecology : organisms, interactions and environmental dynamics / / Gimme H. Walter, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia, Rob Hengeveld, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, Vrije Universit
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Walter G. H (Gimme Hugh), <1954, >
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| Titolo: |
Autecology : organisms, interactions and environmental dynamics / / Gimme H. Walter, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia, Rob Hengeveld, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, Vrije Universit
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| Pubblicazione: | Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2014] |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (442 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 577.01 |
| Soggetto topico: | Ecology - Philosophy |
| Biotic communities | |
| Classificazione: | NAT010000SCI027000 |
| Persona (resp. second.): | HengeveldRob |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | chapter 1. Introduction : an outline and justification for autecology -- chapter 2. Two alternative approaches in ecology -- chapter 3. Basic ecological processes and the autecological generalization -- chapter 4. Spatio-temporal dynamics : climatic variables and the response rates of organisms -- chapter 5. Environmental matching : individuals, species and scales in ecology -- chapter 6. Environmental response systems of organisms : co-determinants of spatio-temporal dynamics -- chapter 7. Quantifying autecology : survival, reproduction and movement -- chapter 8. Research in ecology : patterns and the scientific exploration and reconstruction of ecological processes -- chapter 9. Organisms across space and over time : deterministic structures, stochastic influences, environmental gradients and risk analysis -- chapter 10. Contrasting the ecological paradigms : principles, related sub-disciplines, general laws and prediction. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | This book spells out the theoretical structure, methodology and philosophy of the science of autecology. The autecological approach focuses on the interactions of individual organisms (and their species-specific adaptations) with the spatio-temporal dynamics of their environment as a basis for interpreting patterns of diversity and abundance in natural systems. This organism-based approach to ecological interpretation provides a strong alternative to more traditional approaches and relates mechanistically to the underlying disciplines of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. The book includes illustrations, specific examples, graphs, maps, and other diagrams-- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Autecology |
| ISBN: | 0-429-07638-X |
| 1-4822-1415-6 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910789244403321 |
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