| Description |
468 pages : illustrations, maps, graphs, tables ; 28 cm |
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text txt rdacontent |
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unmediated n rdamedia |
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volume nc rdacarrier |
| Note |
Published in 1974 under title: Ecology with special reference to animals and man. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-402) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Background. Scope and history of ecology ; General nature of environmental responses ; The biotic community, its structure and dynamics ; Measurement of populations -- Local habitats, communities, succession. Streams ; Lakes ; Ponds, marshes, swamps, and bogs ; Rock, sand, and clay ; Grassland, forests, and forest-edges -- Ecological processes and community dynamics. Dispersal, migration, and ecesis ; Reactions, soil formation, and chemical cycles ; Cooperation and disoperation ; Food and feeding relationships ; Energy exchanges, productivity, and yield ; Reproductivity and population structure ; Regulation of population size ; Irruptions, catastrophes, and cycles ; Niche segregation ; Speciation -- Geographic distribution of communities. Distributional units ; Paleoecology ; Temperate deciduous forest biome ; Coniferous forest, woodland, and chaparral biomes ; Tundra biome ; Grassland biome ; Desert biome ; Tropical biomes ; Marine biomes. |
| Subject |
Animal ecology.
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Animal Population Groups. (DNLM)D000828 |
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Ecology. (DNLM)D004463 |
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Animal ecology. (OCoLC)fst00809150
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