Bücher der Reihe Population and Community Biology Series

To say you are writing about rarity is to invite two kinds of response. The objective of this book is to explore the nature of rarity, its complexity if you like, from one particular perspective on what rarity is.

A book blending evolution and trophic dynamics, taking into account recent advances in both behavioral and population ecology, is long overdue.

Military victories over the Philistines and Syrians, receipts of tribute, and the collection of tolls from the control of trade routes together with the general revival of trade all contributed to Israel's growing wealth.

Ecology of Shallow Lakes brings together current understanding of the mechanisms that drive the diametrically opposite states of water clarity, shown by the cover paintings, found in many shallow lakes and ponds.

This text brings together many techniques of multivariate analysis appropriate for ecological data.

In ecology the fact that practitioners tend to be divided between such subdisciplines as aquatic and terrestrial ecology, as well as between popula tion, community, and ecosystem ecology, makes it even harder for them to keep up with all relevant research.

As one of the most quantitative of ecological subdisciplines, resource competition is an important, central area of ecology.