Lev Ginzburg, Mark Colyvan

Ecological Orbits

How Planets Move and Populations Grow

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 205mm x 167mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 345g
• ISBN-13: 9780195168167
• ISBN-10: 019516816X
• Artikelnr.: 21362836

Inhaltsangabe

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