Metapopulation Ecology (Oxford Series in Ecology and Evolution)
Average Rating: out of 2 Reviews
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
EAN (European Article Number): 9780198540663
Number of Items: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Author: Ilkka Hanski
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Dewey Decimal Number: 577.88
Publication Date: 1999-05-13
Reading Level: 328
Description: Written by a world renowned biologist, this volume offers a comprehensive synthesis of current research in this rapidly expanding area of population biology. It covers both the essential theory and a wide range of empirical studies, including the author's groundbreaking work on the Glanville fritillary butterfly. It also includes practical applications to conservation biology. The book describes theoretical models for metapopulation dynamics in highly fragmented landscapes and emphasizes spatially realistic models. It presents the incidence function model and includes several detailed examples of its application. Accessible to advanced undergraduate and graduate students, Metapopulation Ecology will be a valuable resource for researchers in population biology, conservation biology, and landscape ecology.
Customer Reviews
Review Summary: It never arrived to my home
Date: 2005-07-19
Details: I bought this book, then I recieved an invitation to review this book, but I can not do it because the book never arrived to my home (of course they took the money out of my credit card). I guess I wil have to buy it somewhere else
Review Summary: metapopulation theory uncovered
Date: 2000-03-29
Details: I found this text useful in explaining the concepts of metapopulation theory. A general framework of metapopulation models is presented in the first several chapters, beginning with Levin's metapopulation model and subsequent variants. Hanski presents the incidence function model (an approach using the presence/absence of species in habitat patches), his own contribution to the field, in some detail. Most theoretical and mathematical constructions are followed by examples, which is nice. The final section of the book is a case study that was very helpful in understanding the application of theories discussed earlier in the text.
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