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The balance of nature?: ecological issues in the conversation of species and communities/ Stuart L. Pimm

By: Pimm, Stuart LMaterial type: Text

TextPublication details: Chicago: University Of Chicago Press, 1991Description: xiii, 434 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780226668307Subject(s): Biodiversity conservation | Species diversity | Biotic communitiesDDC classification: 574.5247

Contents:

Why "the balance of nature"? -- Resilience -- Temporal variability and the individual species -- The effects of food-web structure -- The variability of the environment -- Nonlinear dynamics, strange attractors, and chaos -- Extinctions -- Species differences and community structure as explanations of why introductions fail -- Patterns in species composition -- Food-web structure and community persistence -- Community assembly : or, why are there so many kinds of communities? -- Small-scale experimental removals of species -- Food webs and resistance -- Changes in total density and species composition -- The consequences of introductions and extinctions -- Multispecies models and their limitations -- Conclusions and caveats.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
General Books	Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section	574.5247 PIM/T (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		P11335

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Why "the balance of nature"? --
Resilience --
Temporal variability and the individual species --
The effects of food-web structure --
The variability of the environment --
Nonlinear dynamics, strange attractors, and chaos --
Extinctions --
Species differences and community structure as explanations of why introductions fail --
Patterns in species composition --
Food-web structure and community persistence --
Community assembly : or, why are there so many kinds of communities? --
Small-scale experimental removals of species --
Food webs and resistance --
Changes in total density and species composition --
The consequences of introductions and extinctions --
Multispecies models and their limitations --
Conclusions and caveats.

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