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The Balance of Nature? Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Communities

Categorie	Algemeen wetenschap
Boeknummer	#398576-XM25
Titel	The Balance of Nature? Ecological Issues in the Conservation of Species and Communities
Auteur	Pimm, Stuart L.
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	Chicago/London : University of Chicago Press
Jaar van uitgave	1991
ISBN10	0226668304
ISBN13	9780226668307
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, figures/tables, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Why "the balance of nature"? Resilience. Temporal variability and the individual species. The effects of food-web structure. The variability of the environment. Nonlinear dynamics, strange attractors, and chaos. Extinctions. Species differences and community structure as explanations of why introductions fail. Patterns in species composition. Food-web structure and community persistence. Community assembly; or why are there so many kinds of communities? Small-scale experimental removals of species. Food webs and resistance. Changes in total density and species composition. The consequences of introductions and extinctions. Multispecies models and their limitations. Conclusions and caveats.
Pagina's	434
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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