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RECORD NUMBER: 16 OF 18| Main Title | The inadequate environment : nitrogen and the abundance of animals / | |||||||||||
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| Author | White, T. C. R. | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Springer-Verlag, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1993 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 29449540 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 038756828X; 9780387568287; 354056828X (hbk. : Berlin : acid-free paper); 9783540568285 (hbk. : Berlin : acid-free paper) | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Nitrogen--Environmental aspects ; Nitrogen cycle ; Ecologie ; Stikstof ; Artenreichtum--(DE-588)4131912-6 ; Nahrungsaufnahme--(DE-588)4126368-6 ; Populationsdynamik--(DE-588)4046803-3 ; Stickstoff--(DE-588)4125639-6 ; Tiere--(DE-588)4060087-7 ; eOkologisches Gleichgewicht--(DE-588)4123871-0 ; Azote--Aspect de l'environnement ; Cycle de l'azote ; Azote dans l'alimentation | |||||||||||
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| Collation | xix , 425 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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| Contents Notes | pt. I. The Inadequate Environment. Ch. 1. The Environment of All Organisms Is Inadequate. Ch. 2. Plants as Food for Herbivores -- pt. II. Herbivores in an Inadequate Environment. Ch. 3. Insects. Ch. 4. Crustaceans. Ch. 5. Molluscs. Ch. 6. Mammals. Ch. 7. Birds. Ch. 8. Reptiles. Ch. 9. Fish -- pt. III. Survival in an Inadequate Environment. Ch. 10. Strategies to Counter Shortage of Nitrogen. Ch. 11. Territorial and Social Behaviours. Ch. 12. Cannibalism -- pt. IV. Predators in an Inadequate Environment. Ch. 13. Vertebrates. Ch. 14. Invertebrates -- pt. V. The Alleviation of an Inadequate Environment: Outbreaks. Ch. 15. What is an Outbreak. Ch. 16. The Interaction of Food, Prey, and Predators in Outbreaks. Ch. 17. Cyclic Outbreaks. Ch. 18. The Influence of Weather on the Generation of Outbreaks. |