Feral Nation Series (Book 7): Feral Nation [Sabotage]

✍ Scribed by Williams, Scott B.

• Year: 2020
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 122 KB
• Category: Fiction
• ASIN: B07ZWPGCDD

✦ Synopsis

Part of the Zoological Society of London's Conservation Science and Practice Series, Applied Population and Community Ecology evaluates theory in population and community ecology using a case study of feral pigs, birds and plants in the high country of south-eastern Australia. In sequence, the book reviews the relevant theory and uses long-term research over a quarter of a century on the population ecology of feral pigs and then community ecology of birds and plants, to evaluate the theory. The book brings together into one volume, research results of many observational, experimental and modell.;Applied Population and Community Ecology; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction; Population ecology and community ecology theory; People; Research activities and questions; Methods of study; Feral pigs as a model system for studying applied ecology; Structure of the book; Chapter 2 Applied Population and Community Ecology; Distribution; Invasion; Dispersion; Population density; Dynamics; Demography; Diminishing returns; Species-area relationships; Abundance, association and size of species; Conclusion; Chapter 3 Environment; Location; Climate; Vegetation and land use; Wildlife.