Distribution Ecology From Individual Habitat Use to Species Biogeographical Range /

• Main Author: Cassini, Marcelo Hernán. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Animal ecology.; Biodiversity.; Ecosystems.; Landscape ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Life Sciences.; Animal Ecology.; Landscape Ecology.; Community & Population Ecology.
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This book brings together a set of approaches to the study of individual-species ecology based on the analysis of spatial variations of abundance. Distribution ecology assumes that ecological phenomena can be understood when analyzing the extrinsic (environmental) or intrinsic (physiological constra...

Table of Contents:

• Part I: Concepts and definitions
• 1. Concepts and Definitions Part II: Levels within species
• 2. Distribution of individuals
• 3. Distribution of aggregations
• 4 Distribution of societies.- 5. Distribution of subpopulations
• 6 Distribution of populations
• 7. Distribution of species
• Part III: Levels outside species
• 8. Distribution of species assemblages
• Part IV: Applications
• 10. Distribution ecology in conservation biology
• 11. Distribution ecology in animal production
• Part V: Conclusions and prospects
• 12. Conclusions.