Ecology category: 3266 books
by Mark R.T. Dale
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2017
Graph theory can be applied to ecological questions in many ways, and more insights can be gained by expanding the range of graph theoretical concepts applied to a specific system. But how do you know which methods might be used? And what do you do with the graph once it has been obtained? This book...
Freshwater Fishes of North America
Volume 1: Petromyzontidae to Catostomidae
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2014
Certain to stand among the reference books of choice for anyone interested in the continent’s aquatic ecosystems, Freshwater Fishes of North America covers the ecology, morphology, reproduction, distribution, behavior, taxonomy, conservation, and fossil record of each North American fish family.
Volume...
Invertebrates in Freshwater Wetlands
An International Perspective on their Ecology
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
Wetlands are among the world’s most valuable and most threatened habitats, and in these crucially important ecosystems, the invertebrate fauna holds a focal position. Most of the biological diversity in wetlands is found within resident invertebrate assemblages, and those invertebrates are the primary...
Biogeography of Australasia
A Molecular Analysis
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Over the last decade, molecular studies carried out on the Australasian biota have revealed a new world of organic structure that exists from submicroscopic to continental scale. Furthermore, in studies of global biogeography and evolution, DNA sequencing has shown that many large groups, such as...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 26, 2014
The book brings to light the most recent findings on the biogeography, biodiversity, host plant induction and natural history of gall inducing insects in the Neotropical region. We attempt to summarize the work done so far in the region, promote several syntheses on many aspects such as host induction,...
Trait-Mediated Indirect Interactions
Ecological and Evolutionary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
There is increasing evidence that the structure and functioning of ecological communities and ecosystems are strongly influenced by flexible traits of individuals within species. A deep understanding of how trait flexibility alters direct and indirect species interactions is crucial for addressing...
Reticulate Evolution
Symbiogenesis, Lateral Gene Transfer, Hybridization and Infectious Heredity
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
Written for non-experts, this volume introduces the mechanisms that underlie reticulate evolution. Chapters are either accompanied with glossaries that explain new terminology or timelines that position pioneering scholars and their major discoveries in their historical contexts. The contributing...
Alien Species and Evolution
The Evolutionary Ecology of Exotic Plants, Animals, Microbes, and Interacting Native Species
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2004
In Alien Species and Evolution, biologist George W. Cox reviews and synthesizes emerging information on the evolutionary changes that occur in plants, animals, and microbial organisms when they colonize new geographical areas, and on the evolutionary responses of the native species with which alien...
Sea Snails
A natural history
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
This richly illustrated book presents the diversity and natural history of sea snail groups. By integrating aspects of morphology, ecology, evolution and behaviour, it describes how each group copes with problems of defence, locomotion, nutrition, reproduction and embryonic development. First come...
Dynamic Food Webs
Multispecies Assemblages, Ecosystem Development and Environmental Change
Language: English
Release Date: December 20, 2005
Dynamic Food Webs challenges us to rethink what factors may determine ecological and evolutionary pathways of food web development. It touches upon the intriguing idea that trophic interactions drive patterns and dynamics at different levels of biological organization: dynamics in species composition,...
Flora of Middle-Earth
Plants of J.R.R. Tolkien's Legendarium
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Few settings in literature are as widely known or celebrated as J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth. The natural landscape plays a major role in nearly all of Tolkien's major works, and readers have come to view the geography of this fictional universe as integral to understanding and enjoying Tolkien's...
by Gerhard Zotz
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book critically reviews advances in our understanding of the biology of vascular epiphytes since Andreas Schimper’s 1888 seminal work. It addresses all aspects of their biology, from anatomy and physiology to ecology and evolution, in the context of general biological principles. By comparing...
Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas
Ethnobotanical and Nutraceutical Aspects, Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Our intention with this book was to present the reader with the most accurate, significant, and up-to-date background and knowledge in the areas of ethnomedicinal and nutraceutical vegetation for the Lesser Himalayas in a comprehensive text. Wild Edible Vegetables of Lesser Himalayas provides a complete...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2014
In contrast with the fundamental ecological expectation that similarity induces competition and loss of species, temporal dynamics allows similar species to co-occur. In fact, the coexistence of similar species contributes significantly to species diversity and could affect ecosystem response to climate...