The balance of nature and human impactedited by Klaus Rohde, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. 

 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (pages cm.) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Nonequilibrium and equilibrium in populations and metapopulations. Reef fishes /  Population dynamics of ectoparasites of terrestrial hosts /  Metapopulation dynamics in marine parasites /  Nonequilbrium and equilibrium in communities. The paradox of the plankton /  A burning issue:community stability and alternative stable states in relation to fire /  Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish /  Ectoparasites of small mammals /  A macroecological approach to the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and communities /  Equilibrium and nonequilibrium on geographical scales. Island flora and fauna /  The turbulent past and future of arctic plants /  Latitudinal gradients. Latitudinal diversity gradients /  Effective evolutionary time and the latitudinal diversity gradient /  Effects due to invading species, habitat loss and climate change. The physics of climate /  Episodic processes, invasion and faunal mosaics in evolutionary and ecological time /  The emerging infectious diseases crisis and pathogen pollution /  Establishment or vanishing:fate of an invasive species based on mathematical models /  Anthropogenic footprints on biodiversity /  Worldwide decline and extinction of amphibians /  Climatic change and reptiles /  Equilibrium and non-equilibrium in Australian bird communities /  Population dynamics of insects /  The futures of coral reefs /  Autecological studies. Autecology and the balance of nature /  The intricacy of structural and ecological adaptations /  An overall view. The importance of interspecific competition in regulating communities, equilibrium vs. nonequilibrium /  Evolutionarily stable strategies /  How to conserve biodiversity in a nonequilibrium world /  Graham Forrester --  Boris Krasnov --  Ana Perez del Omo --  Klaus Rohde --  Peter J. Clarke --  Andrea Simkova --  Boris Krasnov --  Brian McGill --  Lloyd Morrisn --  Christian Brochmann --  Klaus Rohde --  Len Gillman --  Michael Box --  Eric Hoberg --  Daniel R. Brooks --  Yihong Du --  Camilo Mora --  Harold Heatwole --  Harvey B. Lillywhite --  Hugh Ford --  Nigel Andrew. --  Peter Sale --  Gimme Walter --  Klaus Rohde --  Klaus Rohde --  Klaus Rohde --  Klaus Rohde. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107314252 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Population biology.<br/>Biotic communities.<br/>Nature--Effect of human beings on.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>QH352  / .B353 2013