| Description |
ix, 257 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 216-248) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Angela R. McLean and Robert M. May -- How population cohere: five rules for cooperation / Martin A. Nowak and Karl Sigmund -- Single-species dynamics / Tim Coulson and H. Charles J. Godfray -- Metapopulations and their spatial dynamics / Sean Nee -- Predator-prey interactions / Michael B. Bonsall and Michael O. Hassell -- Plant population dynamics / Michael J. Crawley -- Interspecific competition and multispecies coexistence / David Tilman -- Diversity and stability in ecological communities / Anthony R. Ives -- Communities: patterns / Robert M. May, Michael J. Crawley, and George Sugihara -- Dynamics of infectious disease / Bryan Grenfell and Matthew Keeling -- Fisheries / John r. Beddington and Geoffrey P. Kirkwood -- A doubly Green Revolution: ecology and food production / Gordon Conway -- Conservation biology: unsolved problems and their policy implications / Andy Dobson, Will R. Turner, and David S. Wilcove -- Climate change and conservation biology / Jeremy T. Kerr and Heather M. Kharouba -- Unanswered questions and why they matter / Robert M. May. |
| Subject |
Ecology.
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| Alt Name |
May, Robert M. (Robert McCredie), 1936-
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McLean, Angela R.
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| ISBN |
0199209987 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780199209989 (hbk. : alk. paper) |
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0199209995 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
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9780199209996 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| OCLC # |
75713259 |
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