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Population Ecology:

A Unified Study of Animals and Plants
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Wiley, Apr 11, 1996 - Nature - 247 pages
Single-species populations; Describing populations; Population processes; The diagrammatic life table; Conventional life tables; Some generalizations; The modular growth of organisms; Buried seed banks; Intraspecific competition; The nature of intraspecific competition; Three characteristics of intraspecific competition; Density-dependence: a fourth competition; Scramble and contest; Actual effects of intraspecific competition; Negative competition; Models of single-species populations; Populations breeding at discret intervals; Continuous breeding; The utility of the equations; Incorporation of age-specific fecundity and mortality; Interspecific interactions; Interspecific competion; The nature of interspecific interactions; Interspecific competition; A field example: granivorous ants; Competition between plant species: experimental approaches; The ecological niche; The competitive exclusion principle; Competitive exclusion in the field; Competitive release; Coexistence: resource partitioning; Character displacement; Competition: its avoidance or its non-existence? Competition and coexistence in plants; A logistic model of two-species competition; Analysis of competition in plants; Niche overlap; Competition and heterogeneity; Predation; Patterns of abundance; Coevolution, and specialization amongst predators; Time and timing; Effects on prey fitness; The effects of predation-rate on predator fitness; The functional response of predators to prey availability; Aggregated effects; Mutual interference amongst predators; Interference and pseudo-interference; Optimal foraging; Mathematical models; Patterns of abundance reconsidered; Harvesting; Synthesis; Population regulation; Nicholson's view; Andrewartha and birch's view; An example: thrips imaginis; Some general conclusions; A life-table analysis of a Colorado beetle populations; The problem re-emerges; Population regulation in plants; Genetic change; Territoriality; Space capture in plants; Chaos in ecological systems; Beyond population ecology; Metapopulation dynamics; Community structure.

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About the author (1996)

Colin R. Townsend is the Director of the Ecology, Conservation and Biodiversity Research Group at the University of Otago. He has published over 150 ecology papers and books, including the best-selling and award-winning "Ecology," 4th Edition, with co-authors Michael Begon and John L. Harper. He is also co-editor of the international journal "Freshwater Biology."

Michael Begon is Professor of Ecology in the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Liverpool. He has authored several books in addition to Ecology and around 150 research articles. His current research interests are focused on the population ecology of pathogens in wildlife populations.

John L. Harper is an award-winning biologist and a leading figure in plant population biology. He has served as a council member of the Fellowship of the Royal Society and received the Darwin Arward in 1990. He is also the author of "Population Biology of Plants" and a co-author of "Ecology,

Mortimer, Department of Environmental and Evolutionary Biology, University of Liverpool, UK.

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TitlePopulation Ecology: A Unified Study of Animals and Plants
AuthorsMichael Begon, David J. Thompson
EditorMartin Mortimer
Edition3, illustrated, reprint
PublisherWiley, 1996
ISBN0632034785, 9780632034789
Length247 pages
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Nature / Ecology
Science / Environmental Science
Science / Life Sciences / Ecology
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