Autecology 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 inter...

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Main Author Walter, Gimme H
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published United States CRC Press 2014
Taylor & Francis Group
Edition1
Subjects
Biotic communities
Ecology
Paleoecology
St Em
Logistic Equation
Stochastic Influences
Adaptive Change
Density Dependence
Leopard Frog
Sweet Corn Plants
influence
dynamics
Van Den Bosch
Individual Organisms
Biological Sub-disciplines
Psyllid Nymphs
dependence
stochastic
temporal
Environmental Matching
Species Specific Adaptations
Spatio Temporal Dynamics
Adult Psyllids
Codling Moth
spatio
individual
density
Red Tailed Black Cockatoo
Po Ra
Ecological Intensity
demographic
Demographic Ecology
Autecological Approach
Null Models
organisms
Sweet Corn
Environmental Response Systems
Adaptive Mechanisms
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Table of Contents:
  • Front Cover -- Dedication -- Preface -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: An Outline and Justification for Autecology -- Chapter 2: Two Alternative Approaches in Ecology -- Chapter 3: Basic Ecological Processes and the Autecological Generalization -- Chapter 4: Spatio-temporal Dynamics: Climatic Variables and the Response Rates of Organisms -- Chapter 5: Environmental Matching: Individuals, Species and Scales in Ecology -- Chapter 6: Environmental Response Systems of Organisms: Co-determinants of Spatio-temporal Dynamics -- Chapter 7: Quantifying Autecology: Survival, Reproduction and Movement -- Chapter 8: Research in Ecology: Patterns and the Scientific Exploration and Reconstruction of Ecological Processes -- Chapter 9: Organisms Across Space and Over Time: Deterministic Structures, Stochastic Influences, Environmental Gradients and Risk Analysis -- Chapter 10: Contrasting the Ecological Paradigms: Principles, Related Sub-disciplines, General Laws and Prediction -- Appendix -- Glossary -- References