The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics
ISBN: 9780125545211 / Angielski / Miękka / 472 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ecologists are aware of the importance of natural dynamics in ecosystems. Historically, the focus has been on the development in succession of equilibrium communities, which has generated an understanding of the composition and functioning of ecosystems. Recently, many have focused on the processes of disturbances and the evolutionary significance of such events. This shifted emphasis has inspired studies in diverse systems. The phrase "patch dynamics" (Thompson, 1978) describes their common focus.
The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and Patch Dynamics brings together the findings... Ecologists are aware of the importance of natural dynamics in ecosystems. Historically, the focus has been on the development in succession of equilib...
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268,52 zł |
Ecological Understanding: The Nature of Theory and the Theory of Nature
ISBN: 9780125545228 / Angielski / Twarda / 233 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical insights for practicing ecologists and graduate students in ecology and environmental studies. The second edition contains new ecological examples, an expanded array of conceptual diagrams and illustrations, new text boxes summarizing important points or defining key terms, and new reference to philosophical issues and controversies. Although the first edition was recognized for its clarity, this revision takes the opportunity to make the...
This widely anticipated revision of the groundbreaking book, Ecological Understanding, updates this crucial sourcebook of contemporary philosophical i...
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258,38 zł |
Herbivores: Their Interactions with Secondary Plant Metabolites: Ecological and Evolutionary Processes
ISBN: 9780125971843 / Angielski / Twarda / 493 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents the latest research on herbivores, aquatic and terrestrial mammals and insects. The Second Edition, written almost entirely by new authors, effectively complements the initial work. It includes advances in molecular biology and microbiology, ecology, and evolutionary theory that have been achieved since the first edition was published in 1979. The book also incorporates relatively new methodologies in the area of molecular biology, like protein purification and gene cloning. Volume II, Ecological and Evolutionary Processes, also opens up entirely new subjects:... This volume presents the latest research on herbivores, aquatic and terrestrial mammals and insects. The Second Edition, written almost entirely by... |
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1749,87 zł |
Coral Reef Fishes: Dynamics and Diversity in a Complex Ecosystem
ISBN: 9780126151855 / Angielski / Twarda / 549 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new edition includes provocative reviews covering the major areas of reef fish ecology. Concerns about the future health of coral reefs, and recognition that reefs and their fishes are economically important components of the coastal oceans of many tropical nations, have led to enormous growth in research directed at reef fishes. Coral Reef Fishes is much more than a simple revision of the earlier volume; it is a companion that supports and extends the earlier work. The included syntheses...
Coral Reef Fishes is the successor of The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs. This new edition includes provocative reviews covering the m...
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577,67 zł |
Ecophysiology of Coniferous Forests
ISBN: 9780126528756 / Angielski / Twarda / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Conifers--pine, fir, and spruce trees--are dominant species in forests around the world. This book focuses on the physiology of conifers and how these physiological systems operate. Special consideration is devoted to the means by which ecophysiological processes influence organismal function and distribution. Chapters focus on the genetics of conifers, their geographic distribution and the factors that influence this distribution, the impact of insect herbivory on ecophysiological parameters, the effects of air pollution, and the potential impact that global climatic changes will have upon...
Conifers--pine, fir, and spruce trees--are dominant species in forests around the world. This book focuses on the physiology of conifers and how these...
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444,90 zł |
Riparia: Ecology, Conservation, and Management of Streamside Communities
ISBN: 9780126633153 / Angielski / Twarda / 430 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, and discusses how riparia are used by human cultures as well as how riparia can be used to sustain environmental quality. In recent years riparian management has been widely implemented as a means of improving fisheries, water quality, and habitat for endangered species. This book provides the basic knowledge necessary to implement successful, long-term management and rehabilitation programs.
This book describes the underlying water conditions and geologies that support viable riparia, illustrates the ecological characteristics of riparia, ...
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440,80 zł |
Analysis of Wildlife Radio-Tracking Data
ISBN: 9780127467252 / Angielski / Twarda / 383 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. With the substantial advances in the miniaturization of electronic components, wildlife biologists now routinely monitor the movements of free-ranging animals with radio-tracking devices. This book explicates the many analytical techniques and computer programs available to extract biological information from the radio tracking data.
With the substantial advances in the miniaturization of electronic components, wildlife biologists now routinely monitor the movements of free-ranging...
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253,31 zł |
A Good House: Building a Life on the Land
ISBN: 9780140234077 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Good House is a chronicle of the year in which Manning set out to build his house and rebuild his life. Combining entertaining tales of the cast of characters who helped him build; practical information about wiring, roofing, and plumbing; and meditations on the struggle to integrate environmental and spiritual values into everyday life, this is a book about creating a solid foundation and building up from therein a hosue, in a family, in living a good life."
A Good House is a chronicle of the year in which Manning set out to build his house and rebuild his life. Combining entertaining tales of the c...
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103,07 zł |
The Biology of Mutualism: Ecology and Evolution
ISBN: 9780195053920 / Angielski / Miękka / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The view of nature as red in tooth and claw', as a jungle in which competition and predation are the predominant themes, has long been important in both the scientific and popular literature. However, in the past decade another view has become widespread among ecologists: the idea that mutualisms--mutually beneficial interactions between species--are just as important as competition and predation. This book is one of the first to explore this theme. Ideas and theories applicable to all sorts of mutualisms are presented and, where appropriate, examined in the light of concrete data. Themes...
The view of nature as red in tooth and claw', as a jungle in which competition and predation are the predominant themes, has long been important in bo...
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630,38 zł |
Applied Demography for Biologists: With Special Emphasis on Insects
ISBN: 9780195066876 / Angielski / Twarda / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first book to comprehensively apply the fundamental tools and concepts of demography to a nonhuman species. It provides clear and concise treatment of standard demographic techniques such as life table analysis and population projection; introduces models that have seldom appeared outside of the demographic literature including the multiple decrement life table, the intrinsic sex ratio, and multiregional demography; and addresses demographic problems that are unique to nonhuman organisms such as the demographic theory of social insects and harvesting techniques applied to insect...
This is the first book to comprehensively apply the fundamental tools and concepts of demography to a nonhuman species. It provides clear and concise ...
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726,39 zł |
The Origins of Order: Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution
ISBN: 9780195079517 / Angielski / Miękka / 734 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommodate recent findings and perspectives from the fields of biology, physics, chemistry and mathematics. The book drives to the heart of the exciting debate on the origins of life and maintenance of order in complex biological systems. It focuses on the concept of self-organization: the spontaneous emergence of order that is widely observed throughout nature Kauffman argues that self-organization plays an important role in the Darwinian process of...
Stuart Kauffman here presents a brilliant new paradigm for evolutionary biology, one that extends the basic concepts of Darwinian evolution to accommo...
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428,76 zł |
An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology
ISBN: 9780195085129 / Angielski / Miękka / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology uses a combination of visual presentations and the symbolic logic of algebra and calculus to provide the most accessible introduction to ecological theory available. It gives students the basic tools they need to understand the complexities of ecological systems and to analyze simple quantitative ecological problems. The author walks students through the most common models in ecology, beginning with first principles and then gently making each formulation accessible through a step-by-step development of equations paired with lavish...
An Illustrated Guide to Theoretical Ecology uses a combination of visual presentations and the symbolic logic of algebra and calculus to prov...
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1208,70 zł |
Tropical Forest Ecology: A View from Barro Colorado Island
ISBN: 9780195096033 / Angielski / Miękka / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In Tropical Forest Ecology, Egbert G. Leigh, Jr., one of the world's foremost tropical ecologists, introduces readers to the tropical forest and describes the intricate web of interdependence among the great diversity of tropical plants and animals. Focusing on the tropical forest of Barro Colorado Island, Panama, Leigh shows what Barro Colorado can tell us about other tropical forests--and what tropical forests can tell us about Barro Colorado.
This book considers three essential questions for understanding the ecological organization of tropical forests. How do they stay green... In Tropical Forest Ecology, Egbert G. Leigh, Jr., one of the world's foremost tropical ecologists, introduces readers to the tropical forest ...
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654,38 zł |
Global Ecology in Human Perspective
ISBN: 9780195098679 / Angielski / Miękka / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of the most distinguished and best-known human ecologis ts, this book deals with the ecology of planet earth, focusing on the condition of the global environment and the quality of human life. Emp hasis is placed on how we affect global ecosystems and how these effec ts are in turn modifying our health, behavior, economics, and politics . Specific sections and chapters address the ecological components of planet earth, the biosphere and its meaning for us, ecosystem ecology, worldwide environmental trends, the state of human populations, compe tition and conflict, the ecology...
Written by one of the most distinguished and best-known human ecologis ts, this book deals with the ecology of planet earth, focusing on the condition...
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847,96 zł |
Natural Hybridization and Evolution
ISBN: 9780195099751 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This study draws on data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process. The review of these data results in a challenge to the framework used by many evolutionary biologists, which sees the process of natural hybridization as maladaptive because it represents a violation of divergent evolution. In contrast, this book presents evidence of a significant role for natural hybridization in furthering adaptive evolution and evolutionary diversification in both plants and animals.
This study draws on data from numerous sources that support the paradigm of natural hybridization as an important evolutionary process. The review of ...
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570,37 zł |
Global Ecology in Human Perspective
ISBN: 9780195104080 / Angielski / Twarda / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Written by one of the most distinguished and best-known human ecologis ts, this book deals with the ecology of planet earth, focusing on the condition of the global environment and the quality of human life. Emp hasis is placed on how we affect global ecosystems and how these effec ts are in turn modifying our health, behavior, economics, and politics . Specific sections and chapters address the ecological components of planet earth, the biosphere and its meaning for us, ecosystem ecology, worldwide environmental trends, the state of human populations, compe tition and conflict, the ecology...
Written by one of the most distinguished and best-known human ecologis ts, this book deals with the ecology of planet earth, focusing on the condition...
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1268,82 zł |
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology
ISBN: 9780195104899 / Angielski / Twarda / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology. This volume is the first attempt to link these disciplines formally. Here leading researchers explore current topics in conservation biology and discuss how behavioral ecology can contribute to a greater understanding of conservation problems and conservation intervention programs. In each chapter, the authors identify a conservation issue, review the ways it has been addressed, review behavioral ecological data related to it, including their own, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of...
In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology. This volume is the first attempt to link these...
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570,37 zł |
Behavioral Ecology and Conservation Biology
ISBN: 9780195104905 / Angielski / Miękka / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology. This volume is the first attempt to link these disciplines formally. Here leading researchers explore current topics in conservation biology and discuss how behavioral ecology can contribute to a greater understanding of conservation problems and conservation intervention programs. In each chapter, the authors identify a conservation issue, review the ways it has been addressed, review behavioral ecological data related to it, including their own, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of...
In just the last few years, behavioral ecologists have begun to address issues in conservation biology. This volume is the first attempt to link these...
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654,38 zł |
Grassland Dynamics: Long-Term Ecological Research in Tallgrass Prairie
ISBN: 9780195114867 / Angielski / Twarda / 386 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This is the first volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Series. Established in 1980, the LTER program is exploring a wide variety of biomes characteristic of the United States and developing a baseline for ecosystem dynamics over long time periods and broad spatial scales. The volumes in this series will include both comprehensive reviews of research from particular sites and topical overviews which use data from many sites to examine important questions in ecology. This volume, which focuses on the Konza Prairie in northeastern Kansas, is a synthesis of over 15...
This is the first volume in the Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER) Network Series. Established in 1980, the LTER program is exploring a wid...
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433,56 zł |
Structure and Function of an Alpine Ecosystem: Niwot Ridge, Colorado
ISBN: 9780195117288 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at present, no general book on alpine ecology. The alpine ecosystem features conditions near the limits of biological existence, and is a useful laboratory for asking more general ecological questions, because it offers large environmental change over relatively short distances. Factors such as macroclimate, microclimate, soil conditions, biota, and various biological factors change on differing scales, allowing insight into the relative contributions...
This book will provide a complete overview of an alpine ecosystem, based on the long-term research conducted at the Niwot Ridge LTER. There is, at pre...
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558,37 zł |