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ADVANCES IN ECOLOGICAL RESEARCH

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Table of contents
  • Contentsix
  • Chapter 1. The Effects of Modern Agriculture, Nest Predation and Game Management on the Population E1
  • I. Introduction2
  • II. Study Areas and Sources of Data3
  • III. Basis of the Simulation Models4
  • IV. The Population Model47
  • V. Long-term Changes in Partridge Populations53
  • VI. Discussion66
  • Acknowledgements70
  • References70
  • Chapter 2. Studies on Grassland Leafhoppers (Auchenorrhyncha, Homoptera) and their Natural Enemies81
  • I. Introduction82
  • II. Bionomics and some Recent Faunistic Studies83
  • III. Methods Used in Sampling and Analyses of Field Populations91
  • IV. Behavioural Studies on Feeding96
  • V. Nutritional Status of the Host Plant and its Effect on Population Ecology104
  • VI. Studies on the Egg Stage113
  • VII. Mortality in the Nymphal Stages133
  • VIII. Studies on the Processes Causing Change in the Number of Adults145
  • IX. Potential Competition and Partitioning of Resources by Coexisting Species of Auchenorrhyncha188
  • X. General Considerations of Life History Strategies198
  • Acknowledgements205
  • References206
  • Chapter 3. Aerial Heavy Metal Pollution and Terrestrial Ecosystems217
  • I. Introduction218
  • II. Definitions and Terminology220
  • III. Ecological Significance of Aerial Heavy Metal Pollution224
  • IV. Problems of Measurement230
  • V. Entry of Heavy Metals into Ecosystems242
  • VI. Decomposition and Soil256
  • VII. Heavy Metals in Primary Producers263
  • VIII. Heavy Metals in Food Chains287
  • IX. Concluding Remarks303
  • Acknowledgements307
  • References307
  • Chapter 4. Theories Dealing with the Ecology of Landbirds on Islands329
  • I. Aims of the Review329
  • II. The Theories330
  • III. Towards a Synthesis358
  • IV. Suggestions for Future Studies363
  • Acknowledgements365
  • References365
  • Chapter 5. Industrial Melanism and the Urban Environment373
  • I. Introduction373
  • II. The Distribution of Melanism in Surface-resting Moths379
  • III. Melanism in Non-surface-resting Moths390
  • IV. Other Arthropods Exhibiting Melanism393
  • V. Urban Melanism in a Bird Species396
  • VI. Discussion397
  • Acknowledgements401
  • References401
  • Index419
Book details
  • Vendor Elsevier S & T
  • SKU 9780120139118
  • ISBN-13 9780080566955
  • Author AUTHOR, UNKNOWN
  • Category Technology & Engineering
  • Subject General

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