Adaptive Herbivore Ecology - From Resources to Populations in Variable Environments (Hardcover)

The adaptation of herbivore behavior to seasonal and locational variations in vegetation quantity and quality is inadequately modelled by conventional methods. Norman Owen-Smith innovatively links the principles of adaptive behavior to their consequences for population dynamics and community ecology, through the application of a metaphysiological modeling approach. The main focus is on large mammalian herbivores occupying seasonally variable environments such as those characterized by African savannas, but applications to temperate zone ungulates are also included. Issues of habitat suitability, species coexistence, and population stability or instability are similarly investigated.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Cambridge Studies in Ecology
Release date:	June 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	R. Norman Owen-Smith
Dimensions:	237 x 162 x 26mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	392
ISBN-13:	978-0-521-81061-6
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Zoology & animal sciences > Animal ecology
LSN:	0-521-81061-2
Barcode:	9780521810616

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