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Structured-Population Models in Marine, Terrestrial, and Freshwater Systems
Av Michael Bruen, Lucien-Yves Maystre m. fl.
Häftad, 1997
1636 kr
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In the summer of 1993, twenty-six graduate and postdoctoral stu dents and fourteen lecturers converged on Cornell University for a summer school devoted to structured-population models. This school was one of a series to address concepts cutting across the traditional boundaries separating …
Population Dynamics of Infectious Diseases: Theory and Applications
Häftad, 1982
566 kr
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Since the beginning of this century there has been a growing interest in the study of the epidemiology and population dynamics of infectious disease agents. Mathematical and statistical methods have played an important role in the development of this field and a large, and sophisticated, literature …
Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Communities
Häftad, 1987
550 kr
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This text brings together many techniques of multivariate analysis appropriate for ecological data. The techniques include the familiar, and some less familiar, methods for ordination and classification, and also some special techniques (for example, methods for analyzing asymmetric association …
Plant Succession
Theory and prediction
Av D.C. Glenn-Lewin, R.K. Peet m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
2179 kr
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'Succession' is the term used to describe the phenomenon of changes in vegetational types in both time and space. The subject of the colonization and exploitation of 'new' areas by plants is a key one in ecology and this book summarizes the theoretical arguments currently raging about the topic.
Dynamics of Nutrient Cycling and Food Webs
Häftad, 1991
1093 kr
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In all fields of science today, data are collected and theories are developed and published faster than scientists can keep up with, let alone thoroughly digest. In ecology the fact that practitioners tend to be divided between such subdisciplines as aquatic and terrestrial ecology, as well as …
Biological Invasions
Inbunden, 1996
2179 kr
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Written by a world-respected scientist on the subject of the book, this is an advanced text for students of ecology, population biology and evolution, as well as professional ecologists, conservationists and naturalists. Knowledge of the invasive species and the problems they cause, a subject that …
Competition
Av Paul Keddy
Häftad, 1989
550 kr
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The role of competition within communities, in shaping the structure and composition of the community matrix itself and in influencing day to day functioning of the system is particularly contraversial. This book offers a synthesis of these arguments and provides an overview of existing knowledge …
Risk Assessment in Conservation Biology
Av M.A. Burgman, S. Ferson m. fl.
Inbunden, 1993
2179 kr
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Conservation biologists and wildlife managers are constantly involved in the complex assessment of conservation problems such as the likely impact of a management action plan on rare species or those threatened with extinction. This book is a cohesive guide to the available mathematical modelling …
Rarity
Av K.J. Gaston
Häftad, 1994
550 kr
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To say you are writing about rarity is to invite two kinds of response. Either one provokes a discussion of what rarity is, or some comment on the complex ity of the subject. The objective of this book is to explore the nature of rarity, its complexity if you like, from one particular perspective …
Fire and Plants
Av William J. Bond, B.W. van Wilgen
Inbunden, 1995
2179 kr
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Large regions of the world are regularly burnt either deliberately or naturally. However, despite the widespread occurrence of such fire-prone ecosystems, and considerable body of research on plant population biology in relation to fire, until now there have only been limited attempts at a coherent …
Regulation and Stabilization Paradigms in Population Ecology
Inbunden, 1996
2179 kr
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The book is a reflection on patterns of thought, theoretical positions, and research methods in population ecology. It advocates an approach which refrains from attempts at general mechanistic theory building, but which instead tries to explain population phenomena by life history characteristics, …
Spatiotemporal Models of Population and Community Dynamics
Av T. Czaran
Inbunden, 1997
1636 kr
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This book presents a comprehensive typology and a comprehensible description of spatiotemporal models used in population dynamics. The main types included are: reaction-diffusion systems, patch models, matapopulation approaches, host parasitoid models, cellular automata (interacting particle …
Biological Invasions
Häftad, 1997
2179 kr
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Written by a world-respected scientist on the subject of the book, this is an advanced text for students of ecology, population biology and evolution, as well as professional ecologists, conservationists and naturalists. Knowledge of the invasive species and the problems they cause, a subject that …
Biology of Rarity
Causes and consequences of rare—common differences
Inbunden, 1996
2890 kr
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This book began life as a review article. That article spawned a symposium which was, in turn, greatly expanded to form the present volume. As the project moved through these developmental stages (hopefully, towards attainment of its full maturity), a number of people have provided invaluable …
Resource Competition
Inbunden, 1997
1636 kr
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As one of the most quantitative of ecological subdisciplines, resource competition is an important, central area of ecology. Recently research into this area has increased dramatically and resource competition models have become more complex. The characterisation of this phenomenon is therefore the …
Dynamics of Coral Communities
Av R.H. Karlson
Inbunden, 1999
1093 kr
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Coral communities are among the most fascinating of all biotic assemblages on earth. It is their rich diversity and the strong biological interactions which characterize these communities that provides the focus for this book. Here I describe patterns of diversity, species interactions, and …
Chaos in Real Data
The Analysis of Non-Linear Dynamics from Short Ecological Time Series
Av J.N. Perry, R.H. Smith m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
1093 kr
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Chaos in Real Data studies the range of data analytic techniques available to study nonlinear population dynamics for ecological time series. Several case studies are studied using typically short and noisy population data from field and laboratory. A range of modern approaches, such as response …
Structure and Dynamics of Fungal Populations
Inbunden, 1999
875 kr
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A comprehensive treatment of the population biology of fungi. Intended for mycologists as well as biologists without mycological background, it includes detailed coverage of all major taxonomic groups for which information is available and key topics in depth, including species concepts, somatic …
Invasive Species and Biodiversity Management
Based on a Selection of Papers Presented at the Norway/UN Conference on Alien Species, Trondheim, Norway, 1-5 July 1996
Av Peter Johan Schei, Aslaug Viken m. fl.
Inbunden, 1999
930 kr
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The invasive species problem will become increasingly important in the years to come. Trade, travel and tourism are rapidly globalized, and border controls are reduced. This affects natural ecosystems in which aggressive invaders may have disastrous effects. 'New' diseases affect human, animal and …
Competition
Av P.A. Keddy
Inbunden, 2001
2179 kr
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Competition is one of the most important factors controlling the distribution and abundance of living creatures. Sperm cells racing up reproductive tracts, beetle larvae battling inside single seeds, birds defending territories, and trees interfering with the light available to neighbours, are all …
Invasive Species and Biodiversity Management
Av Odd Terje Sandlund, Peter Johan Schei m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
550 kr
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This volume is based on papers presented at "The Norway/United Nations (UN) Conference on Alien Species" which was hosted by the Norwegian Ministry of the Environment in collaboration with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity, …
Collective Choice in Education
Av M.J. Bowman
Inbunden, 1982
1062 kr
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The persistently increasing scale and complexity of government, of quasi public organizations, and of private organizations pose many problems in the economics of collective choice. Moreover, education as a quasi-public good has drawn ever more heavily on public budgets. Yet economic research into …
Regional Analysis and the New International Division of Labor
Applications of a Political Economy Approach
Inbunden, 1982
566 kr
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Throughout the world, a sense of crisis has settled in like a nightmare that refuses to leave. We look towards the horizon with apprehension. Major changes are afoot. Older industrial regions, once rich and powerful, stand by helplessly as factories close down. Poor countries are sliding into …
Prophets and Markets
The Political Economy of Ancient Israel
Av M. Silver
Inbunden, 1982
2244 kr
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5 by predations of the sea peoples. However, the weakening of Mycenean seapower, the destruction of the Hittite kingdom, and finally, the limitation on Philistine strength resulting from the alliance between David and the king of Tyre in the eleventh century, combined to open up "for the …
Competition
Av P.A. Keddy
Häftad, 2001
2396 kr
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Competition is one of the most important factors controlling the distribution and abundance of living creatures. Sperm cells racing up reproductive tracts, beetle larvae battling inside single seeds, birds defending territories, and trees interfering with the light available to neighbours, are all …
Dynamics of Coral Communities
Av R.H. Karlson
Häftad, 2002
1093 kr
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Coral communities are among the most fascinating of all biotic assemblages on earth. It is their rich diversity and the strong biological interactions which characterize these communities that provides the focus for this book. Here I describe patterns of diversity, species interactions, and …
Ecology of Shallow Lakes
Häftad, 2004
1621 kr
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Ecology of Shallow Lakes brings together current understanding of the mechanisms that drive the diametrically opposite states of water clarity, shown by the cover paintings, found in many shallow lakes and ponds. It gives an outline of the knowledge gained from field observations, experimental …
Resource Competition
Häftad, 2012
1636 kr
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As one of the most quantitative of ecological subdisciplines, resource competition is an important, central area of ecology. Recently research into this area has increased dramatically and resource competition models have become more complex. The characterisation of this phenomenon is therefore the …
Individual Behavior and Community Dynamics
Av John M. Fryxell, Per Lundberg
Häftad, 2013
550 kr
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Outline of Mathematical Logic
Fundamental Results and Notions Explained with All Details
Häftad, 1974
550 kr
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Recent years have seen the appearance of many English-Ianguage hand books of logie and numerous monographs on topieal discoveries in the foundations of mathematies. These publications on the foundations of mathematies as a whole are rather difficult for the beginners or refer the reader to other …
