Screen LibraryAutecology : organisms, interactions and environmental dynamics /
"This book spells out the theoretical structure, methodology and philosophy of the science of autecology. The autecological approach focuses on the interactions of individual organisms (and their species-specific adaptations) with the spatio-temporal dynamics of their environment as a basis for...
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CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group,
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| Publisher Address: | Boca Raton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2014] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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"This book spells out the theoretical structure, methodology and philosophy of the science of autecology. The autecological approach focuses on the interactions of individual organisms (and their species-specific adaptations) with the spatio-temporal dynamics of their environment as a basis for interpreting patterns of diversity and abundance in natural systems. This organism-based approach to ecological interpretation provides a strong alternative to more traditional approaches and relates mechanistically to the underlying disciplines of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. The book includes illustrations, specific examples, graphs, maps, and other diagrams"-- |
| Item Description: | "A Science Publishers book." |
| Carrier Form: | xv, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-440) and index. |
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9781482214147 : 1482214148 : |
| Index Number: | QE720 |
| CLC: | Q14-05 |
| Call Number: | Q14-05/W232 |
| Contents: | Introduction-An outline and justification for autecology -- Two alternative approaches in ecology -- Basic ecological processes and the autecological generalization -- Spatio-temporal dynamics-climatic variables and the response rates of organisms -- Individuals, species and scales in ecology -- Environmental response systems of organisms-co-determinants of spatio-temporal dynamics -- Quantifying autecology-survival, reproduction and movement -- Research in ecology-patterns and the scientific exploration and reconstruction of ecological processes -- Organisms across space and over time-deterministic structures, stochastic influences, environmental gradients and risk analysis -- Contrasting the ecological paradigms-principles, related sub-disciplines, general laws and prediction. |