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Population fluctuations in rodents
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Title
Population fluctuations in rodents / Charles J. Krebs.
ISBN
9780226010359 (cloth : alkaline paper)
022601035X (cloth : alkaline paper)
9780226010496 (e-book)
Publication
Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2013.
Copyright Notice Date
©2013
Physical Description
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 21, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Classifying rodent population changes
Biogeography of rodent population fluctuations
Reproductive rates in fluctuating populations
Mortality rates in fluctuating populations
Immigration and emigration
Spatial dynamics of populations
How can we determine what drives population changes?
The food hypothesis
Predation as the explanation for fluctuations
Disease as a potential factor in population changes
Self-regulation hypotheses for fluctuations
Multifactor explanations of fluctuations
Models for fluctuating rodent populations
Key studies yet to be done
Synthesis of rodent population dynamics
Comparative dynamics of rodents and other mammals.
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