Ecology : individuals, populations and communities

Author(s)

• Begon, Michael
• Harper, John L.
• Townsend, Colin R.

Bibliographic Information

Ecology : individuals, populations and communities

Michael Begon, John L. Harper, Colin R. Townsend

Blackwell Science, 1996

3rd ed

• : pbk
• : hbk
• : pbk with CD

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: pbk ISBN 9780632038015

Description

This is the leading textbook of general ecology, with an unsurpassed world-wide reputation. While maintaining the basic structure of previous editions, this third edition is extensively rewritten to produce a forward-looking teaching resource that will lead the field to the end of the decade.

Table of Contents

• Part I: Organisms:IntroductionThe Match between Organisms and their EnvironmentsConditionsResourcesLife and Death in Unitary and Modular OrganismsDispersal, Dispersion and Migration in Space and TimePart II: Interactions:IntroductionIntraspecific CompetitionInterspecific CompetitionThe Nature of Predation
• The Behaviour of PredatorsThe Population Dynamics of PredationDecomposers and DetritivoresParasitism and DiseaseSymbiosis and MutualismPart III: Three Overviews:IntroductionLife-History VariationAbundance
• Manipulating Abundance: Killing and CullingPart IV: Communities:IntroductionThe Nature of the CommunityThe Flux of Energy through CommunitiesThe Flux of Matter through CommunitiesThe Influence of Competition on Community StructureThe Influence of Predation and Disturbance on Community StructureFood WebsIslands, Areas and ColonizationPatterns in Species RichnessConservation and BiodiversityGlossaryReferencesOrganism IndexSubject Index

Volume

: pbk with CD ISBN 9780632043934

Description

Ecology on CD-ROM is a multimedia complement to the bestselling textbook by the same authors. Each topic is presented as a Tutorial specially adapted from the chapter in the book and assisted by a diverse collection of media: video clips; animations; photographs and graphic artwork; interactive models and access to seminal texts. Browsing and searching is facilitated through the Media Galleries and the searchable glossary that hyperlinks to relevant Tutorial topics.

Table of Contents

OrganismsInteractionsThree OverviewsCommunitiesGlossaryReferencesOrganism IndexSubject Index

Volume

: hbk ISBN 9780865428454

Description

This is the leading textbook of general ecology, with an unsurpassed world-wide reputation. While maintaining the basic structure of previous editions, this third edition is extensively rewritten to produce a forward-looking teaching resource that will lead the field to the end of the decade.

Table of Contents

• Part I: Organisms:IntroductionThe Match between Organisms and their EnvironmentsConditionsResourcesLife and Death in Unitary and Modular OrganismsDispersal, Dispersion and Migration in Space and TimePart II: Interactions:IntroductionIntraspecific CompetitionInterspecific CompetitionThe Nature of Predation
• The Behaviour of PredatorsThe Population Dynamics of PredationDecomposers and DetritivoresParasitism and DiseaseSymbiosis and MutualismPart III: Three Overviews:IntroductionLife-History VariationAbundance
• Manipulating Abundance: Killing and CullingPart IV: Communities:IntroductionThe Nature of the CommunityThe Flux of Energy through CommunitiesThe Flux of Matter through CommunitiesThe Influence of Competition on Community StructureThe Influence of Predation and Disturbance on Community StructureFood WebsIslands, Areas and ColonizationPatterns in Species RichnessConservation and BiodiversityGlossaryReferencesOrganism IndexSubject Index

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Details

• NCID: BA28060647
• ISBN:
  • 0632038012
  • 086542845X
  • 0632043938
• LCCN: 95024627
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Oxford
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 1068 p., 4 p. of plates
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : QH541
  • DC20 : 574.5
  • NDC8 : 468
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ecology