The Pattern Of Animal Communities
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The Pattern Of Animal Communities
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Author : C. S. Elton
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
The Pattern Of Animal Communities written by C. S. Elton and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
THE ECOLOGICAL SURVEY on which this book is based began to be planned in 1942, and since 1945 has been mainly centred upon Oxford University's estate at Wytham Woods, where a rich series of habitats from open ground and limestone to woodland with many springs and marshes interspersed occupies a hill set in riverine surroundings. Here biological research workers from the University have accumulated a considerable body of knowledge, some of which I have arranged in a general setting that allows one to comprehend some of the inter-related parts of the whole system. It is also intended to provide a framework for understanding animal communities elsewhere. The ecological inquirer is, more than most scien tific people, apt to fmd himself lost in a large labyrinth of interrelations and variables. The dictionary defmes a labyrinth as 'an intricate structure of inter communicating passages, through which it is difficult to fmd one's way without a clue'. This could equally be a figurative description of plant and animal communi ties. The present book seeks to provide a plan of construction of the labyrinth and a few new clues that may help the inquirer to know where he is on the gene ral ecological map. In presenting this blue-print of animal communities I have avoided giving long lists of species such as the botanist, with his smaller kingdom, can handle fairly well.
The Pattern Of Animal Communities
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Author : Charles Sutherland Elton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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The Pattern Of Animal Communities
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Author : Charles Sutherland Elton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1966
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The Pattern Of Animal Communities
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Author : Charles S. Elton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
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Pattern Of Animal Commonities
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Author : Elton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973-01-01
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Animal Communities
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Author : Michael Chinery
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1972
Animal Communities written by Michael Chinery and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1972 with Animal societies categories.
Organisation In Animal Communities Experimental And Naturalistic Studies Of The Social Behaviour Of Animals
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Author : Hilary Oldfield Box
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Organisation In Animal Communities Experimental And Naturalistic Studies Of The Social Behaviour Of Animals written by Hilary Oldfield Box and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Animal behavior categories.
Animal Ecology
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Author : Charles S. Elton
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001-06
Animal Ecology written by Charles S. Elton and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-06 with Science categories.
Charles Elton was one of the founders of ecology, and his Animal Ecology was one of the seminal works that defined the field. In this book Elton introduced and drew together many principles still central to ecology today, including succession, niche, food webs, and the links between communities and ecosystems, each of which he illustrated with well-chosen examples. Many of Elton's ideas have proven remarkably prescient—for instance, his emphasis on the role climatic changes play in population fluctuations anticipated recent research in this area stimulated by concerns about global warming. For Chicago's reprint of this classic work, ecologists Mathew A. Leibold and J. Timothy Wootton have provided new introductions to each chapter, placing Elton's ideas in historical and scientific context. They trace modern developments in each of the key themes Elton introduced, and provide references to the most current literature. The result will be an important work for ecologists interested in the roots of their discipline, for educated readers looking for a good overview of the field, and for historians of science.
Animal Body Size
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Author : Felisa A. Smith
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2013-08-09
Animal Body Size written by Felisa A. Smith and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-09 with Science categories.
Galileo wrote that “nature cannot produce a horse as large as twenty ordinary horses or a giant ten times taller than an ordinary man unless by miracle or by greatly altering the proportions of his limbs and especially of his bones”—a statement that wonderfully captures a long-standing scientific fascination with body size. Why are organisms the size that they are? And what determines their optimum size? This volume explores animal body size from a macroecological perspective, examining species, populations, and other large groups of animals in order to uncover the patterns and causal mechanisms of body size throughout time and across the globe. The chapters represent diverse scientific perspectives and are divided into two sections. The first includes chapters on insects, snails, birds, bats, and terrestrial mammals and discusses the body size patterns of these various organisms. The second examines some of the factors behind, and consequences of, body size patterns and includes chapters on community assembly, body mass distribution, life history, and the influence of flight on body size.
Organisation In Animal Communities Experimental And Naturalistic Studies Of The Social Behaviour Of Animals
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Author : Hilary Oldfield Box
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1973
Organisation In Animal Communities Experimental And Naturalistic Studies Of The Social Behaviour Of Animals written by Hilary Oldfield Box and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Science categories.