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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 2Main Title | Animal ecology: aims and methods / by A. MacFadyen. | |||||||||||
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Author | Macfadyen, A. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Pitman Pub. Corp., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1963 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00289774 | |||||||||||
ISBN | 0273401084; 9780273401087 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Animal ecology ; Animal populations ; Zoology | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Zoology--Ecology ; Animal populations | |||||||||||
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Edition | {2d ed.}. | |||||||||||
Collation | 344 pages : illustrations, graphs, tables ; 23 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pqges 289-335) and index. |
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Contents Notes | The ecology of individuals. The classification and description of the fauna ; The habitat ; Microclimates ; The relations between animal ecology and vegetation ; The distribution of animals in space and time ; Ecological aspects of animal metabolism -- The ecology of single species populations. Collection methods in ecology ; The estimation of animal numbers ; Demography ; Factors determining population size ; Biomass and metabolism of populations -- The ecology of animal communities. Introduction to community ecology ; "Biocoenology" : the detection and delimitation of communities from distribution data ; Competitive relationships between populations in the same trophic level ; Food-chain relationships between populations ; The application of population dynamics ; The ecosystem. |