An occasional employee of a local gas company, Albert Dadas suffered from a strange compulsion that led him to travel obsessively, often without identification, not knowing who he was or why he travelled. He became notorious for his extraordinary expeditions to such far-reaching spots as Algeria, Moscow and Constantinople. Medical reports of Dadas ...
What is the minimum dimension of a niche space necessary to represent the overlaps among observed niches? This book presents a new technique for obtaining a partial answer to this elementary question about niche space. The author bases his technique on a relation between the combinatorial structure of food webs and the mathematical theory of ...
The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction - as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known - has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and ...
Using theory, applications, and examples of inferences, "Niche Modeling: Predictions from Statistical Distributions" demonstrates how to conduct and evaluate niche modeling projects in any area of application. It features a series of theoretical and practical exercises for developing and evaluating niche models using the R statistics language. The ...
Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept - the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. ...
Why do species live where they live? What determines the abundance and diversity of species in a given area? What role do species play in the functioning of entire ecosystems? All of these questions share a single core concept - the ecological niche. Although the niche concept has fallen into disfavour among ecologists in recent years, Jonathan M. ...
Using the concept of the niche (and multiple niche) this book attempts to synthesise two widely-investigated topics: polymorphism and between-species competition; the author's view being that multiple-niche coexistence and multiple- niche polymorphism together represent a common means of coexistence of competitors. Experimental detail and ...
The seemingly innocent observation that the activities of organisms bring about changes in environments is so obvious that it seems an unlikely focus for a new line of thinking about evolution. Yet niche construction - as this process of organism-driven environmental modification is known - has hidden complexities. By transforming biotic and ...
Edition: Later Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Time-Life Books
Date Published: 1970
Description: Very Good. No Dust Jacket as Issued. Tight/bright and Clean copy, color illustrated front cover, light edgewear, cloth bindings, unmarked and clean text, no names or labels. An excellent information pacted reference on Biomes, Ecology, Cycles, adaptation, Climate, Man's Influence, Internal Clocks, Parasites, Sealife, and more. With Environments, Flora, Fauna, Insects, Vegetation, Primitive Tribes, Contemporary Natural Resources and Use, Erosion, Regrowth, Climates, Evolution, Seasons, Humanity ... read more
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