The Balance of Nature and Human Impact

Herausgeber: Rohde, Klaus

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Produktbeschreibung

Explores equilibrium and non-equilibrium in undisturbed and disturbed ecological systems, examining how human activities affect the balance/imbalance of nature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 998g
• ISBN-13: 9781107019614
• ISBN-10: 1107019613
• Artikelnr.: 36685418

Inhaltsangabe

Preface; Introduction Klaus Rohde; Part I. Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium
in Populations and Metapopulations: 1. Reef fishes: density dependence and
equilibrium in populations? Graham Forrester and Mark Steele; 2. Population
dynamics of ectoparasites of terrestrial hosts Boris Krasnov and Annapaola
Rizzoli; 3. Metapopulation dynamics in marine parasites Ana Perez del Omo,
Aneta Kostadinova and Serge Morand; Part II. Nonequilibrium and Equilibrium
in Communities: 4. The paradox of the plankton Klaus Rohde; 5. A burning
issue: community stability and alternative stable states in relation to
fire Peter J. Clarke and Mike J. Lawes; 6. Community stability and
instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish Andrea Simkova
and Klaus Rohde; 7. Ectoparasites of small mammals: interactive saturated
and unsaturated communities Boris Krasnov; 8. A macroecological approach to
the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and
communities Brian McGill; Part III. Equilibrium and Nonequilibrium on
Geographical Scales: 9. Island flora and fauna: equilibrium and
nonequilibrium Lloyd Morrison; 10. The turbulent past and future of arctic
vascular plants: climate change, spatial variation, and genetic diversity
Christian Brochmann, Mary E. Edwards and Inger G. Alsos; Part IV.
Latitudinal Gradients: 11. Latitudinal diversity gradients: equilibrium and
nonequilibrium explanations Klaus Rohde; 12. Effective evolutionary time
and the latitudinal diversity gradient Len Gillman and Shane Wright; Part
V. Effects Due to Invading Species, Habitat Loss and Climate Change: 13.
The physics of climate: equilibrium, disequilibrium and chaos Michael Box;
14. Episodic processes, invasion and faunal mosaics in evolutionary and
ecological time Eric Hoberg and Daniel R. Brooks; 15. The emerging
infectious diseases crisis and pathogen pollution Daniel R. Brooks and Eric
Hoberg; 16. Establishment or vanishing: fate of an invasive species based
on mathematical models Yihong Du; 17. Anthropogenic footprints on
biodiversity Camilo Mora and Fernando Zapata; 18. Worldwide decline and
extinction of amphibians Harold Heatwole; 19. Climatic change and reptiles
Harvey B. Lillywhite; 20. Equilibrium and non-equilibrium in Australian
bird communities - the impact of natural and anthropogenic effects Hugh
Ford; 21. Population dynamics of insects: impacts of a changing climate
Nigel Andrew; 22. The futures of coral reefs Peter Sale; Part VI.
Autecological Studies: 23. Autecology and the balance of nature-ecological
laws and human induced invasions Gimme Walter; 24. The intricacy of
structural and ecological adaptations: micromorphology and ecology of some
Aspidogastrea Klaus Rohde; Part VII. An Overall View: 25. The importance of
interspecific competition in regulating communities, equilibrium vs.
nonequilibrium Klaus Rohde; 26. Evolutionarily stable strategies: how
common are they? Klaus Rohde; 27. How to conserve biodiversity in a
nonequilibrium world Klaus Rohde, Hugh Ford, Nigel R. Andrew and Harold
Heatwole; Index.