Michael Begon, Martin Mortimer, David J. Thompson

Population Ecology (eBook, PDF)

A Unified Study of Animals and Plants

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook on this titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describes the present state of population ecology in terms that can be readily understood by undergraduates with little or no background in the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrate each topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to show how fundamental principles can be derived that apply to both species. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book, and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of real experimental data rather than dull theory.

• The latest edition of this leading textbook.
• Adopted as an Open University set text.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444313758
• Artikelnr.: 38308619

Autorenporträt

Mike Begon was born in London in 1951 and a student at the University of Leeds. He has spent his whole scientific career at the University of Liverpool, where he is now Professor of Ecology, specializing in the population and community ecology of infectious diseases in wildlife.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface.
Part 1: Single-Species Populations.
1. Describing Populations.
2. Intraspecific Competition.
3. Models of Single-Species Populations.
Part 2: Interpecific Interactions.
4. Interspecific Competition.
5. Predation.
Part 3: Synthesis.
6. Population Regulation.
7. Beyond Population Ecology.
References.
Author Index.
Organism Index.
Subject Index.

Rezensionen

On the second edition.

'To those familiar with the first addition of Begon &Mortimer's short text on population ecology, it will come asno surprise to learn that the second addition, like the firstaddition, is a gem. What may surprise is that the second additionrepresents a significant improvement of what was already anexcellent textbook...It is difficult to criticize a book thathas achieved such admirable balance between empiricism vs. theoryand unitary vs. modular organisms, all within a compact,inexpensive volume.' Ecology

'I doubt that there are many texts that portray the wholefield of population ecology as successfully or concisely as doesthis book. It can be warmly recommended' AustralianJournal of Ecology

'A zoologist and botanist have made an extremely wellcoordinated effort in presenting the population ecology of bothanimals and plants under one title. This textbook reads so smoothlythat the reader soon forgets that it was written by two authorsinstead of one. The concise writing style and liberal use ofgraphs, tables, and diagrams make this textbook pleasurable to readand easy to understand. This book is accessible reading to anyoneinterested in population ecology.' Canadian Field-Naturalist