Population ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a unified study of animals and plants / / Michael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson |
Autore | Begon Michael |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina |
574.5/248
577.88 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MortimerMartin
ThompsonDavid J |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology
Ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4443-1375-4
9786612371738 1-282-37173-8 1-4443-1376-2 1-4051-4944-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
POPULATION 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
1.6 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 3.1 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 4.1 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 4.13.1 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 5.7 The functional response of predators to prey availability |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910146263303321 |
Begon Michael | ||
Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Population ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a unified study of animals and plants / / Michael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson |
Autore | Begon Michael |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina |
574.5/248
577.88 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MortimerMartin
ThompsonDavid J |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology
Ecology |
ISBN |
1-4443-1375-4
9786612371738 1-282-37173-8 1-4443-1376-2 1-4051-4944-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
POPULATION 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
1.6 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 3.1 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 4.1 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 4.13.1 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 5.7 The functional response of predators to prey availability |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996201852003316 |
Begon Michael | ||
Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Population ecology [[electronic resource] ] : a unified study of animals and plants / / Michael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson |
Autore | Begon Michael |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina |
574.5/248
577.88 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MortimerMartin
ThompsonDavid J |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology
Ecology |
ISBN |
1-4443-1375-4
9786612371738 1-282-37173-8 1-4443-1376-2 1-4051-4944-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
POPULATION 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
1.6 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 3.1 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 4.1 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 4.13.1 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 5.7 The functional response of predators to prey availability |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910829842603321 |
Begon Michael | ||
Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Population ecology : a unified study of animals and plants / / Michael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson |
Autore | Begon Michael |
Edizione | [3rd ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina |
574.5/248
577.88 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MortimerMartin
ThompsonDavid J |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology
Ecology |
ISBN |
1-4443-1375-4
9786612371738 1-282-37173-8 1-4443-1376-2 1-4051-4944-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
POPULATION 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
1.6 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 3.1 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 4.1 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 4.13.1 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 5.7 The functional response of predators to prey availability |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910876983703321 |
Begon Michael | ||
Oxford ; ; Cambridge, Mass, : Blackwell Science, 1996 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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