| Edition |
[1st ed.] |
| Description |
195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies. |
| Contents |
Introduction, by I. A. McLaren.--Meaning of density-dependence and related terms in population dynamics, by M. E. Solomon.--Is the density of animal populations regulated by mechanisms or by chance? By F. Schwerdtfeger.-- Status of the idea that weather can control insect populations, by M. E. Solomon.--Regulation of animal numbers: a model counter-example, by H. S. Horn.--Effects of population density on growth rates of animal populations, by J. T. Tanner.--Endocrines, behavior, and population, by J. J. Christian and D. E. Davis.--Self-regulating systems in populations of animals, by V. C. Wynne- Edwards.--On group selection and Wynne-Edwards' hypothesis, by J. A. Wiens.-- The natural selection of self-regulatory behavior in animal populations, by D. Chitty.--Population regulation and genetic feedback, by D. Pimentel. |
| Subject |
Animal populations.
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Animal populations. |
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