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 Authors Walter, Gimme H. (Author), Hengeveld, Rob (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press/Taylor and Francis, 2014.
Subjects
Biotic communities.
Ecology > Philosophy.
Paleoecology.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781482214154
9781306867764
9781482214147
Physical Description1 online zdroj : illustrations

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Table of 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.

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