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Natural regulation of animal populations
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- Creator
- Edited by Ian A. McLaren
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- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- [First edition]
- New York : Atherton Press, 1971
- Physical Details
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- 195 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- OCLC
- ocm00135533
- Includes bibliographies.
- 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
Subjects
- Animal populations.
- Animal Population Groups.
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- Ecology.
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- Population.
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