Complex Population Dynamics: A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis (Mpb-35) (Monographs In Population Biology) - Couverture souple

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Turchin, Peter

 
9780691090214: Complex Population Dynamics: A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis (Mpb-35) (Monographs In Population Biology)
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ISBN 10 : 0691090211 ISBN 13 : 9780691090214
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Why do organisms become extremely abundant one year and then seem to disappear a few years later? Why do population outbreaks in particular species happen more or less regularly in certain locations, but only irregularly (or never at all) in other locations? Complex population dynamics have fascinated biologists for decades. By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive new synthesis of the theory of population oscillations.

Peter Turchin first reviews the conceptual tools that ecologists use to investigate population oscillations, introducing population modeling and the statistical analysis of time series data. He then provides an in-depth discussion of several case studies--including the larch budmoth, southern pine beetle, red grouse, voles and lemmings, snowshoe hare, and ungulates--to develop a new analysis of the mechanisms that drive population oscillations in nature. Through such work, the author argues, ecologists can develop general laws of population dynamics that will help turn ecology into a truly quantitative and predictive science.


Complex Population Dynamics integrates theoretical and empirical studies into a major new synthesis of current knowledge about population dynamics. It is also a pioneering work that sets the course for ecology's future as a predictive science.

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À propos de l?auteur

Peter Turchin is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of Quantitative Analysis of Movement and more than sixty scientific articles, including several in Nature and Science.

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Éditeur
Princeton University Press
Date d'édition
2003
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0691090211
ISBN 13 
9780691090214
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
470
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780691090207: Complex Population Dynamics: A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis

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ISBN 10 :  0691090203 ISBN 13 :  9780691090207
Editeur : Princeton University Press, 2003
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