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Ecological Stability

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  • © 1974

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Editors:
  1. M. B. Usher

    1. Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK

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  2. M. H. Williamson

    1. Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. General introduction

    1. General introduction

      • Robert M. May
      Pages 1-14

  3. Studies within a trophic level

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 15-15
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    2. The analysis of discrete time cycles

      • Mark Williamson
      Pages 17-33

    3. Red tides and algal strategies

      • T. Wyatt
      Pages 35-40

  4. Temporal studies between trophic levels: host-parasite systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Mathematical models of host-helminth parasite interactions

      • Roy M. Anderson
      Pages 43-69

    3. Stability in host-parasite systems

      • David J. Bradley
      Pages 71-87

    4. Assessment of the effectiveness of control techniques for liver fluke infection

      • G. Gettinby
      Pages 89-97

    5. How the behaviour of parasites and predators promotes population stability

      • David Rogers, Stephen Hubbard
      Pages 99-119

  5. Temporal studies between trophic levels: predator-prey systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121
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    2. The kinetics of polyphagy

      • John R. W. Harris
      Pages 123-139

    3. Switching in invertebrate predators

      • J. H. Lawton, J. R. Beddington, R. Bonser
      Pages 141-158

    4. The integration of theory and experiment in the study of predator—prey dynamics

      • M. J. Bazin, V. Rapa, P. T. Saunders
      Pages 159-164

    5. Food web linkage complexity and stability in a model ecosystem

      • M. I. Webber
      Pages 165-176

  6. Spatial studies between trophic levels

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 177-177
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    2. Stability of plankton ecosystems

      • John Steele
      Pages 179-191

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 192-196
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of York, York, UK

    M. B. Usher, M. H. Williamson

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Ecological Stability

  • Editors: M. B. Usher, M. H. Williamson

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6938-5

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1974

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-470-89648-8Published: 01 January 1974

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-6938-5Published: 21 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 196

  • Number of Illustrations: 35 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Popular Science in Nature and Environment, Ecology

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