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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 6Main Title | Animal ecology / | |||||||||||
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Author | Kendeigh, S. Charles ; Kendeigh, Samuel Charles | |||||||||||
Publisher | Prentice-Hall, | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1961 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00326239 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Animal ecology ; Animal populations ; Animal Population Groups ; Tiereokologie ; Einfeuhrung | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Zoology--Ecology | |||||||||||
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Collation | x, 468 pages : illustrations, maps, graphs, tables ; 28 cm | |||||||||||
Notes | Published in 1974 under title: Ecology with special reference to animals and man. Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-403) and indexes. |
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Contents Notes | Background. Scope and history of ecology ; General nature of environmental responses ; The biotic community, its structure and dynamics ; Measurement of populations -- Local habitats, communities, succession. Streams ; Lakes ; Ponds, marshes, swamps, and bogs ; Rock, sand, and clay ; Grassland, forests, and forest-edges -- Ecological processes and community dynamics. Dispersal, migration, and ecesis ; Reactions, soil formation, and chemical cycles ; Cooperation and disoperation ; Food and feeding relationships ; Energy exchanges, productivity, and yield ; Reproductivity and population structure ; Regulation of population size ; Irruptions, catastrophes, and cycles ; Niche segregation ; Speciation -- Geographic distribution of communities. Distributional units ; Paleoecology ; Temperate deciduous forest biome ; Coniferous forest, woodland, and chaparral biomes ; Tundra biome ; Grassland biome ; Desert biome ; Tropical biomes ; Marine biomes. |