Population Ecology

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Worldwide, Population Ecology is the leading textbook onthis titled subject. Written primarily for students, it describesthe present state of population ecology in terms that can bereadily understood by undergraduates with little or no backgroundin the subject. Carefully chosen experimental examples illustrateeach topic, and studies of plants and animals are combined to showhow fundamental principles can be derived that apply to bothspecies. Use of complex mathematics ia avoided throughout the book,and what math is necessary is dealt with by examination of realexperimental data rather than dull theory. * * The latest edition of this leading textbook. * Adopted as an Open University set text.

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Michael Begon

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Biowissenschaften Life Sciences Ökologie / Populationen u. Lebensgemeinschaften Population & Community Ecology

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On the second edition. 'To those familiar with the first addition of Begon &Mortimer's short text on population ecology, it will come asno surprise to learn that the second addition, like the firstaddition, is a gem. What may surprise is that the second additionrepresents a significant improvement of what was already anexcellent textbook...It is difficult to criticize a book thathas achieved such admirable balance between empiricism vs. theoryand unitary vs. modular organisms, all within a compact,inexpensive volume.' Ecology 'I doubt that there are many texts that portray the wholefield of population ecology as successfully or concisely as doesthis book. It can be warmly recommended' AustralianJournal of Ecology 'A zoologist and botanist have made an extremely wellcoordinated effort in presenting the population ecology of bothanimals and plants under one title. This textbook reads so smoothlythat the reader soon forgets that it was written by two authorsinstead of one. The concise writing style and liberal use ofgraphs, tables, and diagrams make this textbook pleasurable to readand easy to understand. This book is accessible reading to anyoneinterested in population ecology.' Canadian Field-Naturalist
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