'A Primer of Ecology' - Softcover

Gotelli, Nicholas J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0878932747 ISBN 13: 9780878932740

Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc, 1998

Synopsis

"I would buy this book and recommend it to my students. It is well written and accessible, putting many of the fundamental principles of ecological models within the grasp of the majority of undergraduates." - Michael Gillman, Trends in Ecology and Evolution This text teaches students essential models in population and community ecology. It explains in detail the basic concepts of exponential and logistic population growth, age-structured demography, metapopulation dynamics, competition, predation and island biogeography. Carefully graded chapters contain material for beginning undergraduates to beginning graduate students.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicholas J. Gotelli is Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Vermont. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his Ph.D. at Florida State University. Dr. Gotelli currently serves on the Board of Editors of Ecology. His research interests include: experimental invertebrate community ecology; metapopulation dynamics; parasite ecology and the evolution of host behavior; and biogeography and island biology.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sinauer Associates Inc
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0878932747
• ISBN 13: 9780878932740
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 236