| Description |
xiii, 434 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
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 |
| Analysis |
Ecological communities |
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Biology |
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Ecology |
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Endangered animals |
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Extinct species |
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Natural resource management |
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Overseas item |
| Notes |
Includes indexes |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-417) and indexes |
| Subject |
Biodiversity conservation.
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Biotic communities.
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Ecology.
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Species diversity.
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Biodiversity conservation.
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Biotic communities.
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Ecology.
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Species diversity.
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Ecology.
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Variation (Genetics)
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Ecology |
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Extinction |
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Food chain |
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Species diversity |
| LC no. |
91003089 |
| ISBN |
0226668290 (alk. paper) |
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0226668304 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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