Ian A McLaren

Natural Regulation of Animal Populations

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Surveying an area dense with conflicting observations and ideas, this volume depicts the state of knowledge, as well as the diversity of opinion in the field of population ecology. It focuses on the effects of environment and population density on population dynamics and the influence of animal behaviour on population growth.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 204
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781138528727
• ISBN-10: 1138528722
• Artikelnr.: 69946495

Autorenporträt

Ian A. McLaren

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1: Meaning of Density-Dependence and Related Terms in Population Dynamics
2: Is the Density of Animal Populations Regulated by Mechanisms or by Chance?
3: Status of the Idea that Weather Can Control Insect Populations
4: Regulation of Animal Numbers
5: Effects of Population Density on Growth Rates of Animal Populations
6: Endocrines, Behavior, and Population
7: Self-Regulating Systems in Populations of Animals
8: On Group Selection and Wynne-Edwards' Hypothesis
9: The Natural Selection of Self-Regulatory Behavior in Animal Populations
10: Population Regulation and Genetic Feedback