Animal population ecology comprises the study of variations, regulation, and interactions of animal populations. This book discusses the fundamental notions and findings of animal populations on which most of the ecological studies are based. In particular, the author selects the logistic law of pop...

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Main Author:	Royama, Tomo 1930- (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
Series:	Ecology, biodiversity and conservation
Subjects:	Animal populations Animal ecology Modell Tiere Demökologie
Online Access:	DE-12 DE-92 Volltext
Summary:	Animal population ecology comprises the study of variations, regulation, and interactions of animal populations. This book discusses the fundamental notions and findings of animal populations on which most of the ecological studies are based. In particular, the author selects the logistic law of population growth, the nature of competition, sociality as an antithesis of competition, the mechanism underlying the regulation of populations, predator-prey interaction processes, and interactions among closely related species competing over essential resources. These are the notions that are considered to be well-established facts or principles and are regularly taught at ecology classes or introduced in standard textbooks. However, the author demonstrates that these notions are still inadequately understood, or even misunderstood, creating myths that would misguide ecologists in carrying out their studies. He delves deeply into those notions to reveal their real nature and draws a road map to the future development of ecology
Item Description:	Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Apr 2021)
Physical Description:	1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 277 Seiten)
ISBN:	9781108951135
DOI:	10.1017/9781108951135