Boundaries of a complex world [[electronic resource] /] / by Andrei Ludu |
Autore | Ludu Andrei |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2016.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (365 p.) |
Disciplina | 530 |
Collana | Springer Series in Synergetics |
Soggetto topico |
Statistical physics
System theory Computational complexity Systems biology Ecology Physical geography Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory Complex Systems Complexity Systems Biology Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Earth System Sciences |
ISBN | 3-662-49078-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I Arts and Nonlinear Systems: `Nonlineart' -- Part II Mathematical Language -- Part III Applications -- Conclusions -- References. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910254623203321 |
Ludu Andrei
![]() |
||
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2016 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Capture-Recapture: Parameter Estimation for Open Animal Populations [[electronic resource] /] / by George A. F. Seber, Matthew R. Schofield |
Autore | Seber George A. F |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2019.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (669 pages) |
Disciplina | 591.524 |
Collana | Statistics for Biology and Health |
Soggetto topico |
Statistics
Ecology Biomathematics Biostatistics Animal ecology Statistical Theory and Methods Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Genetics and Population Dynamics Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences Animal Ecology |
ISBN | 3-030-18187-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 A Brief History of Capture-Recapture -- 2 Tagging methods and Tag Loss -- 3 Tag Returns from Dead Animals -- 4 Using Releases and Resightings -- 5 Mark-Recapture: Basic Models -- 6 Multiple Recaptures: Further Methods -- 7 Departures from Model Assumptions -- 8 Combined Data Models -- 9 Further Bayesian and Monte Carlo Recapture Methods -- 10 Log-Linear Models for Multiple Recaptures -- 11 Combining Open and Closed Models -- 12 Continuous Dead-Recovery Models -- 13 Multisite and StateSpace Models -- 14 Designing and Modeling Capture-Recapture Experiments -- 15 Statistical Computation -- 16 Where to Now? -- APPENDIX A Some General Results -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910349345903321 |
Seber George A. F
![]() |
||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2019 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Central American Biodiversity [[electronic resource] ] : Conservation, Ecology, and a Sustainable Future / / edited by Falk Huettmann |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2015.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (811 p.) |
Disciplina | 570 |
Soggetto topico |
Biodiversity
Conservation biology Ecology Landscape ecology Conservation Biology/Ecology Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Landscape Ecology |
ISBN | 1-4939-2208-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | A Short Introduction to Tropical Land and Seascapes and their Wildlife Conservation Management -- If leaders like Alexander von Humboldt, Ronald Reagan and Xi Jinping would have been environmental justice radicals using public internet and drones: A short political ecology of Central America with regards to global agenda setting in 2014 -- Bird conservation status and meaningful socioeconomic correlates in Central America: Results from an open access data mining approach for parrots using machine learning indicate serious economic problems -- Reversed Kuznets Curves in the Caribbean: Linking Marine Biodiversity Endangerment with the National GDP (Gross Domestic Product) and assessed with Human Metrics (life expectancy, infant mortality, population growth rate) -- An Oceanography Conservation View of Central America: Caribbean Wealth, Pacific Wilderness, Plunder and Mis-Management meets Seafloor Mining, Deep See Drilling, Climate Change, and Human Population Explosion in the EEZs and beyond -- Coral Reefs of Central America, Dimethylsulphide (DMS) Seascapes, Open Access Data, GIS and Machine Learning Predictions: Another application of the new Megascience for Global Sustainability -- Field Schools and Research Stations in a Global Context: La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) in a wider Perspective -- A Brief History of the Molina Family, and the Birth of Maderas Rain Forest Conservancy (MRC) at the La Suerte and Ometepe field stations: A narrative by Renee Molinia -- Teaching (Tropical) Biodiversity with International Field Schools: A Flexible Success Model in a Time of ‘Wireless’ Globalization -- A Documented Plant and Tree Species Narrative of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Overcoming Ancient Taxonomy Demons for a more relevant and valid Conservation Research Effort in the Tropics -- The incredible world of insects in Central America: A virtual interview with Prof Dr Bugs at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) -- Amphibians and reptiles at the Ometepe and La Suerte field sites: Towards an overview of the evolution, distribution, and diversity of Central America's herpetofauna. -- Exciting findings and insights from the Caiman study at La Suerte: First lessons from the scientific frontline -- Conservation of a Neotropical herpetofauna: An introduction to the crisis of amphibians and reptiles in Central America and beyond -- Mammalian biodiversity conservation at two biological stations in Nicaragua and Costa Rica -- On the relevance and moral impediment of digital data management, data sharing and public open access and code in (tropical) research: The Rio Convention revisited towards Mega Science and Best Professional Research Practices -- Conservation research in the Cloud Forest of Central America with lessons from Maderas vulcanoe, Ometepe, Nicaragua: A first-person narrative about very tough field work, unfinished data, and climate justice while running out of time -- GRID sampling for a global rapid biodiversity assessment: Methods, Applications, Results and Lessons Learned -- Birds of Ometepe (Nicaragua) and La Suerte (Costa Rica): From a narrative and species lists over species richness and bird photo documentations to a Central American conservation ornithology -- Acoustic Determinants to Group-Specific Vocalizations and Dialect: The effects of environment on infant vocalizations of Cebus capucinus. Utilizing two field sites with a shared taxon for a comparative ecological study -- Factors Involved in Variation in Tree and Species Use by Mantled Howler Monkeys: A Case Study of Resource Use in Sector Santa Rosa, Area de Conservacion, Costa Rica -- Living in islands of forests: nutritional ecology of the howler monkey (Alouatta palliata) at La Suerte Biological Field Station, North-eastern Costa Rica -- A First Rare Species Action List for La Suerte and Ometepe: Correlates with Extinction, Invasion, Declines, the Allee Effect and no Recovery in Island Habitats -- Lost species at La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua): Facts from over 10 years of research, some speculations, liabilities and a very grim future outlook to resolve -- Genetics as a tool for biodiversity conservation: examples from Central America -- A Systematic Framework for Spatial Conservation Planning and Ecological Priority Design: An Example from St. Lucia, Eastern Caribbean -- Global Change in Central America, and Global Transitions toward a Carbon-free Society achieved through International Field Schools ? Carbon Dioxide remains the most Toxic Gas for Mankind to be resolved -- Human Aspects and Population Structures in Central America and its so-called Free Trade Zones: Imperialism, Immigration, Remittance Payments, Leakage, Brain Drain, Global Citizenship and Virtually Unlimited Inequalities during War and Globalization -- A short presentation and discussion of digital research data sets in Central America, and for the field schools of La Suerte (Costa Rica) and Ometepe (Nicaragua) -- Assessments of carbon stock hotspots in Nicaragua and Costa Rica -- Selected Undergraduate Student Projects at La Suerte and Ometepe Island: Try outs, Results, First Publications and more Ideas to Progress Research and Conservation -- The Good Future of La Suerte and Ometepe between Heaven and Decay: An informed Outlook for Central America leaves us with dramatic Environmental Obstacles for Conservation Management -- Appendix 1 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): Best known La Suerte and Ometepe Taxonomic Species lists -- Appendix 2 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): Online Photos for La Suerte’s and Ometepe’s Taxonomic Species lists -- Appendix 3 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): GIS habitat maps for La Suerte and Ometepe study areas -- Appendix 4 (Digital Format and PDF Hardcopy): GIS species sighting maps for La Suerte and Ometepe study areas -- Appendix 5: Digital reference list of publications, thesis and projects done at La Suerte and Ometepe -- Appendix 6: Sample Curricula and a Prep List for Visiting Students. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298442003321 |
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms [[electronic resource] /] / by John H. Andrews |
Autore | Andrews John H |
Edizione | [2nd ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XVII, 349 p. 68 illus.) |
Disciplina | 579/.17 |
Soggetto topico |
Microbial ecology
Ecology Evolutionary biology Microbiology Animal ecology Microbial Ecology Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Evolutionary Biology Animal Ecology |
ISBN | 1-4939-6897-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1 Introduction: Prospects for a Conceptual Synthesis -- 1.1. Organizing Life -- 1.2. Microorganisms and Macroorganisms: Differences and Similarities -- 1.3 The Centrality of Natural Selection -- 1.4 Analogies, Homologies, and Homoplasies -- 1.5 A Framework for Comparisons -- 1.6 What is an Individual? -- 1.7 Summary -- 1.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 2 Genetic Variation -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Mechanisms -- 2.3 Sex and Meiotic Recombination -- 2.4 The Asexual Lifestyle -- 2.5 Somatic Variation, Heritable Variation, and the Concept of the Genet -- 2.6 Summary -- 2.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 3 Nutritional Mode -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Carbon and Energy Resources -- 3.3 Resource Acquisition -- 3.4 Nutritional Versatility -- 3.5 Generalists and Specialists -- 3.6 Summary -- 3.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 4 Size -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Changes in Size and Development of Life on Earth -- 4.3 On Seeing the World as an Elephant or a Mycoplasma -- 4.4 Some Correlates of Size -- 4.5 Some Ecological Consequences of Size -- 4.6 Size and Life History Theory -- 4.7 Summary -- 4.8 Suggested Additional Reading -- 5 Growth and Growth Form -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Unitary and Modular Organisms: An Overview -- 5.3 Fungi as Modular Organisms -- 5.4 Bacteria as Modular Organisms -- 5.5 Life Histories of Modular vs. Unitary Organisms -- 5.6 Summary -- 5.7 Suggested Additional Reading -- 6 The Life Cycle -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Origins and General Considerations -- 6.3 Complex Life Cycles -- 6.4 Senescence -- 6.5 Summary -- 6.6 Suggested Additional Reading -- 7 The Environment -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Environment and Organism are Tightly Coupled -- 7.3 How Organisms Experience Environments -- 7.4 Organism Size and Environmental Variation -- 7.5 Genotypic and Phenotypic Variation -- 7.6 The Environment and Life Cycle Changes -- 7.7 Habitable Sites and the Evolution of Dispersal -- 7.8 Summary -- 7.9 Suggested Additional Reading -- 8 Conclusion: Commonalities and Differences in Life Histories -- 8.1 Levels of Comparison -- 8.2 On Being a Macroorganism or a Microorganism -- 8.3 Natural Selection as the Common Denominator -- 8.4 Recapitulation of Some Major Points -- 8.5 On the Comparative Ecology of Microorganisms and Macroorganisms -- 8.6 Summary -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910253927103321 |
Andrews John H
![]() |
||
New York, NY : , : Springer New York : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Dispersal, Individual Movement and Spatial Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : A Mathematical Perspective / / edited by Mark A. Lewis, Philip K. Maini, Sergei V. Petrovskii |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 385 p. 96 illus., 49 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577.0151 |
Collana | Mathematical Biosciences Subseries |
Soggetto topico |
Biomathematics
Applied mathematics Engineering mathematics Ecology System theory Mathematical models Mathematical and Computational Biology Applications of Mathematics Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Ecology Complex Systems Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
ISBN | 3-642-35497-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Individual Animal Movement -- 1. Stochas-tic optimal foraging theory -- 2. Levy or not? Analysing positional data from animal movement paths -- 3. Beyond optimal searching: Recent developments in the modelling of animal movement patterns as Levy walks -- Part II: From Individuals to Populations -- 4. The mathematical analysis of biological aggregation and dispersal: progress, problems and perspectives -- 5. Hybrid modelling of individual movement and collective behaviour -- 6. From individual movement rules to population level patterns: the case of central-place foragers -- 7. Transport and anisotropic diffusion models for movement in oriented habitats -- 8. Incorporating complex foraging of zooplankton in models: role of micro- and mesoscale processes in macroscale patterns -- Part III: Populations, Communities and Ecosystems -- 9. Life on the move: modeling the effects of climate-driven range shifts with integrodifference equations -- 10. Control of competitive bioinvasion -- 11. Destruction and diversity: effects of habitat loss on ecological communities -- 12. Emergence and propagation of patterns in nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations arising in the theory of speciation -- 13. Numerical study of pest population size at various diffusion rates. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996466616603316 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
|
Dispersal, Individual Movement and Spatial Ecology [[electronic resource] ] : A Mathematical Perspective / / edited by Mark A. Lewis, Philip K. Maini, Sergei V. Petrovskii |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XIV, 385 p. 96 illus., 49 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577.0151 |
Collana | Mathematical Biosciences Subseries |
Soggetto topico |
Biomathematics
Applied mathematics Engineering mathematics Ecology System theory Mathematical models Mathematical and Computational Biology Applications of Mathematics Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Ecology Complex Systems Mathematical Modeling and Industrial Mathematics |
ISBN | 3-642-35497-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: Individual Animal Movement -- 1. Stochas-tic optimal foraging theory -- 2. Levy or not? Analysing positional data from animal movement paths -- 3. Beyond optimal searching: Recent developments in the modelling of animal movement patterns as Levy walks -- Part II: From Individuals to Populations -- 4. The mathematical analysis of biological aggregation and dispersal: progress, problems and perspectives -- 5. Hybrid modelling of individual movement and collective behaviour -- 6. From individual movement rules to population level patterns: the case of central-place foragers -- 7. Transport and anisotropic diffusion models for movement in oriented habitats -- 8. Incorporating complex foraging of zooplankton in models: role of micro- and mesoscale processes in macroscale patterns -- Part III: Populations, Communities and Ecosystems -- 9. Life on the move: modeling the effects of climate-driven range shifts with integrodifference equations -- 10. Control of competitive bioinvasion -- 11. Destruction and diversity: effects of habitat loss on ecological communities -- 12. Emergence and propagation of patterns in nonlocal reaction-diffusion equations arising in the theory of speciation -- 13. Numerical study of pest population size at various diffusion rates. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910733710103321 |
Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Ecological and Evolutionary Modelling [[electronic resource] /] / by Cang Hui, Pietro Landi, Henintsoa Onivola Minoarivelo, Andriamihaja Ramanantoanina |
Autore | Hui Cang |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2018.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (IX, 86 p. 17 illus., 3 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 577.015118 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Ecology |
Soggetto topico |
Ecology
Evolutionary biology Biomathematics Biodiversity Community ecology, Biotic Game theory Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Evolutionary Biology Genetics and Population Dynamics Community & Population Ecology Game Theory, Economics, Social and Behav. Sciences |
ISBN | 3-319-92150-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1. Biodiversity1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. Aggregation -- 1.3. Entropy -- 1.4. Coexistence -- 1.5. Co-occurrence -- 1.6. Species turnover -- 1.7. Scaling -- 2. Evolution -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Phylogeny -- 2.3. Optimality -- 2.4. Game theory -- 2.5. Adaptive dynamics -- 2.6. Evolutionary branching -- 3. Networks -- 3.1. Introduction -- 3.2. Network architecture -- 3.3. Network stability -- 3.4. Complexity-stability relationship -- 3.5. Interaction switching -- 3.6. Coevolutionary networks -- 4. Spread -- 4.1.Introduction -- 4.2. Random walks -- 4.3. Metapopulations -- 4.4. Landscape demography -- 4.5. Dispersal kernels -- 4.6. Species distribution models -- References -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298422303321 |
Hui Cang
![]() |
||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Environmental Modeling with Stakeholders [[electronic resource] ] : Theory, Methods, and Applications / / edited by Steven Gray, Michael Paolisso, Rebecca Jordan, Stefan Gray |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2017.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (XXII, 370 p. 74 illus., 36 illus. in color.) |
Disciplina | 333.7 |
Soggetto topico |
Environmental management
Environmental law Environmental policy Ecology Climate change Statistics Sustainable development Environmental Management Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Climate Change Statistics for Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, Chemistry and Earth Sciences Sustainable Development |
ISBN | 3-319-25053-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part I: The Process of Environmental Modeling with Stakeholders -- Cognitive, Material and Technological Considerations in Participatory Environmental Modeling -- Learning Through Participatory Modeling: Reflections on What it Means and How it is Measured -- Values in Participatory Modeling: Theory and Practice -- Eliciting Judgments, Priorities, and Values Using Structured Survey Methods -- Participatory Modeling and Structured Decision-making -- Ensuring that Ecological Science Contributes to Natural Resource Management using a Delphi-derived Approach -- Part II: The Application and Products of Environmental Modeling with Stakeholders -- Fuzzy-logic Cognitive Mapping: Introduction and Overview of the Method -- FCMs as a Common base for Linking Participatory Products and Models -- Extending Participatory Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping with a Control Nodes Methodology: A Case Study of a Development Bio-based Economy in the Humber Region, UK -- Effects of Livelihood-diversification on Sustainability of Natural Resources in the Rangelands of East Africa: Participatory Field Studies and Results of an Agent-based Model using the Knowledge of Indigenous Maasai Pastoralists of Kenya -- Level of Sustainable Activity: A Framework for Integrating Stakeholders into the Simulation Modeling and Management of Mixed-use Waterways -- Engaging Stakeholders in Environmental and Sustainability Decisions with Participatory System Dynamics Modeling -- Participatory Modeling and Community Dialog about Vulnerability of Lobster Fishing to Climate Change -- Case Study: Participatory Modeling to Assess Climate Impacts on Water Resources in the Big Wood Basin, Idaho -- Science based Modelling for Supporting Integrated Coastal Zone Management -- Assessing Flood Impacts, Wetland Changes and Climate Adaptation in Europe: The CLIMSAVE Approach -- Linking Participatory, Bayesian, and Agent-based Modeling Techniques to Simulate Coupled Natural-Human System: A Case Study with Ranchers in Sonora, Mexico. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910155320003321 |
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Evolution Equations Arising in the Modelling of Life Sciences [[electronic resource] /] / by Messoud Efendiev |
Autore | Efendiev Messoud |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Basel : , : Springer Basel : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2013 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina |
628.1
628.144015118 |
Collana | International Series of Numerical Mathematics |
Soggetto topico |
Biomathematics
Partial differential equations Ecology Systems biology Mathematical and Computational Biology Physiological, Cellular and Medical Topics Partial Differential Equations Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Systems Biology |
ISBN | 3-0348-0615-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preface -- 1 Auxiliary Materials -- 2 Global attractors for autonomous evolution equations -- 3 Verifying life science models containing diffusion, transport and interaction of species -- 4 Positivity criterion for systems of stochastic PDEs -- Existence and longtime behaviour of a biofilm model -- 6 The blood coagulation cascade in a perfusion experiment: example from pharmaceutical industry -- Index. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910739448003321 |
Efendiev Messoud
![]() |
||
Basel : , : Springer Basel : , : Imprint : Birkhäuser, , 2013 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
The Evolution of Mammalian Sociality in an Ecological Perspective [[electronic resource] /] / by Clara B. Jones |
Autore | Jones Clara B |
Edizione | [1st ed. 2014.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (118 p.) |
Disciplina | 599.138 |
Collana | SpringerBriefs in Ecology |
Soggetto topico |
Animal ecology
Ecology Evolutionary biology Applied ecology Animal Ecology Theoretical Ecology/Statistics Evolutionary Biology Applied Ecology |
ISBN | 3-319-03931-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1.Introduction: Definitions, Background -- 2. Competition For Limiting Resources, Hamilton’s Rule And Chesson’s R* -- 3. Flexible And Derived Varieties of Mammalian Social Organization: Promiscuity In Aggregations May Have Served As A Recent “Toolkit” Giving Rise To “Sexual Segregation”, Polygynous Social Structures, Monogamy, Polyandry And Leks Abstract -- 4. Multimale-Multifemale Groups And “Nested” Architectures: Collaboration Among Mammalian Males -- 5. Higher “Grades” Of Sociality In Class Mammalia: Primitive Eusociality -- 6. Ecological Models As Working Paradigms For “Unpacking” Positive And Negative Interactions Among Social Mammals -- 7. Mechanisms Underlying The Behavioral Ecology Of Group Formation -- 8. The Evolution Of Mammalian Sociality By Sexual Selection -- 9. Proximate Causation: Functional Traits And The Ubiquity Of Signaler To Receiver Interactions: From Biochemical To Whole Organism Levels Of Mammalian Social Organization -- 10. Synopsis. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910298312803321 |
Jones Clara B
![]() |
||
Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014 | ||
![]() | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|