Advanced ecological theory principles and applications

Advanced Ecological Theory is intended for both postgraduate students and professional researchers in ecology. It provides an overview of current advances in the field as well as closely related areas in evolution, ecological economics, and natural-resource management, familiarizing the reader with...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: McGlade, J. M. (Jacqueline Myriam), 1955- (-)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford ; Malden, MA : Blackwell Science 1999.
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009665110006719
Table of Contents:
  • Advanced Ecological Theory; Contents; Contributors; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1: Individual-based models in ecology; 2: Stochastic effects in population models; 3: Spatial models of interacting populations; 4: Correlation equations and pair approximations for spatial ecologies; 5: Theoretical aspects of community assembly; 6: The dynamics of the flows of matter and energy; 7: Population and evolutionary dynamics of consumer-resource systems; 8: Understanding the ecological and evolutionary reasons for life history variation: mammals as a case study; 9: Species diversity
  • 10: Ecological economics11: Ecosystem analysis and the governance of natural resources; Index