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Theory-Based Ecology - A Darwinian approach (Paperback)
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Theory-Based Ecology - A Darwinian approach (Paperback)
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Ecology is in a challenging state as a scientific discipline. While
some theoretical ecologists are attempting to build a definition of
ecology from first principles, many others are questioning even the
feasibility of a general and universal theory. At the same time, it
is increasingly important that ecology is accurately and
functionally defined for a generation of researchers tackling
escalating environmental problems in the face of doubt and
disagreement. The authors of Theory-Based Ecology have written a
textbook that presents a robust, modern, and mathematically sound
theory of ecology, maintaining a strong link between empirical
data, models, and theory. It is firmly based in Darwinian thought,
since it was Darwin who first revealed the ecological principles of
the origin of species, and gave the evolution of diversity a
process-based, mechanistic explanation. The authors base their
synthetic theory of Darwinian ecology on seven key principles:
exponential growth, growth regulation, inherited individual
differences, finiteness and stochasticity, competitive exclusion,
robust coexistence, and constraints and trade-offs. Within this
solid conceptual framework, they integrate classic and actual
empirical knowledge from ecology and evolutionary biology,
clarifying methodological and mathematical detail in clear and
helpful text boxes. A wealth of illustrated examples pertaining to
different organisational levels (alleles, clones and species) helps
to explain how the principles operate. This is an invaluable
resource for graduate level students as well as professional
researchers in the fields of ecology, genetics, evolutionary
ecology, and mathematical biology.
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