The balance of nature?: ecological issues in the conversation of species and communities/ (Record no. 156514)
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fixed length control field | 00421nam a2200133Ia 4500 |
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
International Standard Book Number | 9780226668307 |
040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
Transcribing agency | CUS |
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
Classification number | 574.5247 |
Item number | PIM/T |
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
Personal name | Pimm, Stuart L. |
245 #4 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
Title | The balance of nature?: ecological issues in the conversation of species and communities/ |
Statement of responsibility, etc. | Stuart L. Pimm |
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Chicago: |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | University Of Chicago Press, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 1991. |
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
Extent | xiii, 434 p. : |
Other physical details | ill. ; |
Dimensions | 24 cm. |
505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
Formatted contents note | Why "the balance of nature"? --<br/>Resilience --<br/>Temporal variability and the individual species --<br/>The effects of food-web structure --<br/>The variability of the environment --<br/>Nonlinear dynamics, strange attractors, and chaos --<br/>Extinctions --<br/>Species differences and community structure as explanations of why introductions fail --<br/>Patterns in species composition --<br/>Food-web structure and community persistence --<br/>Community assembly : or, why are there so many kinds of communities? --<br/>Small-scale experimental removals of species --<br/>Food webs and resistance --<br/>Changes in total density and species composition --<br/>The consequences of introductions and extinctions --<br/>Multispecies models and their limitations --<br/>Conclusions and caveats. |
650 ## - SUBJECT | |
Keyword | Biodiversity conservation |
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Keyword | Species diversity |
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Keyword | Biotic communities |
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
Koha item type | General Books |
Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 29/08/2016 | 574.5247 PIM/T | P11335 | 29/08/2016 | General Books |