Ecological Orbits

How Planets Move and Populations Grow

Inbunden, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

A famous ecologist and a philosopher of science team up to offer a fresh new approach to population biology and ecology. Challenging the traditionally accepted Lotka-Volterra model, which is based on predator-prey interactions, this new model emphasizes maternal effects, specifically the significance of a mother's interest in the success of her female offspring.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-10-09
Mått:167 x 205 x 17 mm
Vikt:345 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:184
Förlag:OUP USA
ISBN:9780195168167

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...the book is stimulating and undoubtedly has an important message to convey... Steohen Hoskins, The Biologist, October 2006.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface ; 1. On Earth as it is in the Heavens ; 2. Does Ecology Have Laws? ; 3. Equilibrium and Accelerated Death ; 4. The Maternal Effect Hypothesis ; 5. Predator-Prey Interactions and the Period of Cycling ; 6. Inertial Growth ; 7. Practical Consequences ; 8. Shadows on the Wall ; A Notes and Further Reading ; B Essential Features of the Maternal Effect Model ; C Appreciations ; Bibliography ; Index