Bücher von P.A. Keddy

Competition is an important factor controlling the distribution and abundance of living creatures. This book is intended as a reference work on the state of this branch of ecology. It also illustrates how the aspects of competition illustrated with plants and animals can be extended to the interactions of human beings and their societies.

Using an array of historical examples, including Biblical conflicts, Viking raids in Europe, strategic bombing campaigns in the Second World War, and ethnic battles of the Balkans, this book shows how most of the aspects of competition illustrated with plants and animals can be extended to the interactions of human beings and their societies.

A book such as this faces two challenges at the outset: the sheer volume of the literature, and the presence of established research traditions which determine how that literature is to be interpreted and understood.