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Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations

2. edition. Reprintedition

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  • © 1970

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Authors:
  1. H. G. Andrewartha

    1. Department of Zoology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. Theory

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The history and scope of ecology

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      Pages 3-16

    3. Environment

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      Pages 17-21

    4. Components of environment: resources

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      Pages 22-53

    5. Components of environment: mates

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      Pages 54-59

    6. Components of environment: predators and pathogens; aggressors

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      Pages 60-84

    7. Components of environment: weather

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      Pages 85-128

    8. Components of environment: malentities

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      Pages 129-132

    9. Components of environment: more about the ecological web

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      Pages 133-143

    10. Theory: the numbers of animals in natural populations

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      Pages 144-162

  3. Practical course

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 163-163
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    2. Methods for estimating density, patterns of distribution and dispersal in populations of animals

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      Pages 165-219

    3. Physiological responses to temperature

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      Pages 220-242

    4. Behaviour in relation to moisture and food

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      Pages 243-260

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 261-283
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About this book

In revising this book I have tried to bring the theory of environment up to date in the light of certain important criticisms that have appeared since 1961, especially in papers by T. O. Browning and D. A. Maelzer, and in the light of experience gained while using the book as a text for an undergraduate course in population ecology in the University of Adelaide. As a consequence the order in which the argument is pre­ sented has been altered. Some new material has been introduced to expand the discussion of certain topics, especially resources, pathogens, aggressors and territorial behaviour. But the general approach to the subject and the general theory remains very much the same as in the first edition. I am grateful to Professor F. Fenner and Dr F. N. Ratcliffe and to Cambridge University Press for permission to reproduce Fig. 5.04; to Professor D. O. Chitty and the Ecological Society of Australia for permission to reproduce Fig. 5.05 (with minor modifications); Fig. 3.03 has been modified from a figure in a paper by H. G. Andrewartha and T. O. Browning first published in the Journal of Experimental Biology. Adelaide, 1970 H. G. A. xi Preface to the First Edition My interest in animal ecology was first aroused by reading Elton's Animal Ecology. His definition of the scope of ecology which I quote in section 1.0 is still the best that I have met.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Zoology, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

    H. G. Andrewartha

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Introduction to the Study of Animal Populations

  • Book Subtitle: 2. edition. Reprintedition

  • Authors: H. G. Andrewartha

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3324-1

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: H. G. Andrewartha 1970

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-11020-7Published: 26 November 1970

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-3324-1Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 284

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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