| Main Title |
Balance of nature? : ecological issues in the conservation of species and communities / |
| Author |
Pimm, Stuart L.
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| Publisher |
University of Chicago Press, |
| Year Published |
1991 |
| OCLC Number |
23386507 |
| ISBN |
0226668290 (alk. paper) 0226668304 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| Subjects |
Biotic communities ;
Ecology ;
Biological diversity conservation ;
Species diversity
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| Holdings |
| Library |
Call Number |
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| EIAM |
QH541.P558 1991 |
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Region 2 Library/New York,NY |
07/18/2003 |
| EJAM BIOD |
QH541.P558 1991 |
Biodiversity |
Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
09/13/2013 |
| EKBD |
NAS/101 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
07/23/1993 |
| EKBM |
QH541.P558 1991 |
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Research Triangle Park Library/RTP, NC |
07/23/1993 |
| EKCM |
QH541.P558 1991 |
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CEMM/GEMMD Library/Gulf Breeze,FL |
11/14/1992 |
| ESAM |
QH541.P558 1991 |
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Region 10 Library/Seattle,WA |
01/01/1988 |
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| Collation |
xiii, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Notes |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 391-417) and indexes. |
| Contents Notes |
Why "the balance of nature"? -- Resilience -- Temporal variability and the individual species -- The effects of food-web structure -- The variability of the environment -- Nonlinear dynamics, strange attractors, and chaos -- Extinctions -- Species differences and community structure as explanations of why introductions fail -- Patterns in species composition -- Food-web structure and community persistence -- Community assembly : or, why are there so many kinds of communities? -- Small-scale experimental removals of species -- Food webs and resistance -- Changes in total density and species composition -- The consequences of introductions and extinctions -- Multispecies models and their limitations -- Conclusions and caveats. |
