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Wildlife Review
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Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations
Ecology, Genetics and Evolution of Metapopulations is acollection of specially commissioned articles that looks at fragmented habitats, bringing together recent theoretical advances and empirical studies applying the metapopulation approach. Several chapters closely integrate ecology with genetics and evolutionary biology, and others illustrate how metapopulation concepts and models can be applied to answer questions about conservation, epidemiology, and speciation. The extensive coverage of theory from highly regarded scientists and the many substantive applications in this one-of-a-kind work make it invaluable to graduate students and researchers in a wide range of disciplines. - Provides a comprehensive and authoritative account of all aspects of metapopulation biology, integrating ecology, genetics, and evolution - Developed by recognized experts, including Hanski who won the Balzan Prize for Ecological Sciences - Covers novel applications of the metapopulation approach to conservation
Polar Research
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Becoming an Ecologist
What forces influence a person’s decision to pursue a career in science? And what factors determine which among the many possible pathways a budding scientist chooses to follow? John A. Wiens traces his journeys through several subfields of ecology—and, in so doing, gives readers an inside look at how science actually works. He shares stories from his development as an ornithologist, community ecologist, landscape ecologist, and conservation scientist that convey the excitement of doing ecology. Recounting the serendipities, discoveries, and joys of this branching career, Wiens explores how an individual’s background and interests, life’s contingencies, the influences of key people, ...
Zeven dieren bijten terug
Wie de bewoonde wereld verlaat, krijgt oog voor de dieren. Op reis noordwaarts in het kielzog van Willem Barentsz ontmoet Frank Westerman zeven magnifieke beesten: de lemming, de narwal, de paling, de ijsbeer, de rotgans, het rendier en de koningskrab. Terwijl wij de temperatuur op aarde opvoeren, houden zij ons een spiegel voor. Met z’n zevenen drukken ze ons met de neus op de feiten. De inzet is hoog: wat kunnen wij van deze dieren opsteken? In Zeven dieren bijten terug zijn de Hollandse ijszeeverkenners van de zestiende eeuw de randfiguren. Hun overwintering in het Behouden Huys op Nova Zembla is het decor van een boek over leven en dood in de eenentwintigste eeuw. In een sprankelende stijl waaiert dit reisverslag uit van Texel en Terschelling tot voorbij de Noordkaap. Onderweg raakt de lezer gebiologeerd door de overlevingskunst en de doodsstrijd van zeven pooldieren. Hun lot blijkt onlosmakelijk verbonden met het bestaan op onze eigen breedtegraad. Zeven dieren bijten terug is een eigentijds bestiarium: een beestenboek met een bijtende urgentie.
The Biology of Lemmings
The phenomenon of cyclic population fluctuation in small rodents, and specifically lemmings, has been a major issue in ecology for decades. A number of questions, both truly scientific and also of popular mythology,surround the biology of these animals. Although a tremendous amount of research has been carried out on lemmings, much remains to be resolved. And while the story of the suicidal rodent is now understood as myth, the facts behind the population behavior of lemmings require further study. In this book well-known ecologists Stenseth and Ims have brought together a number of leading experts from both North America and Europe to review our current understanding of the taxonomy, popula...
Ecology
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Landscape Boundaries
The emergence of landscape ecology during the 1980s represents an impor tant maturation of ecological theory. Once enamored with the conceptual beauty of well-balanced, homogeneous ecosystems, ecologists now assert that much of the essence of ecological systems lies in their lumpiness. Patches with differing properties and behaviors lie strewn across the land scape, products of the complex interactions of climate, disturbance, and biotic processes. It is the collective behavior of this patchwork of eco systems that drives pattern and process of the landscape. is not an end point This realization of the importance of patch dynamics in itself, however. Rather, it is a passage to a new conceptu...
