TY - BOOK AU - Rohde,Klaus TI - The balance of nature and human impactedited by Klaus Rohde, University of New England, Armidale, Australia SN - 9781107314252 AV - QH352 .B353 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Population biology KW - Biotic communities KW - Nature KW - Effect of human beings on KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Nonequilibrium and equilibrium in populations and metapopulations. Reef fishes; Graham Forrester --; Population dynamics of ectoparasites of terrestrial hosts; Boris Krasnov --; Metapopulation dynamics in marine parasites; Ana Perez del Omo --; Nonequilbrium and equilibrium in communities. The paradox of the plankton; Klaus Rohde --; A burning issue:community stability and alternative stable states in relation to fire; Peter J. Clarke --; Community stability and instability in ectoparasites of marine and freshwater fish; Andrea Simkova --; Ectoparasites of small mammals; Boris Krasnov --; A macroecological approach to the equilibrial vs. nonequilibrial debate using bird populations and communities; Brian McGill --; Equilibrium and nonequilibrium on geographical scales. Island flora and fauna; Lloyd Morrisn --; The turbulent past and future of arctic plants; Christian Brochmann --; Latitudinal gradients. Latitudinal diversity gradients; Klaus Rohde --; Effective evolutionary time and the latitudinal diversity gradient; Len Gillman --; Effects due to invading species, habitat loss and climate change. The physics of climate; Michael Box --; Episodic processes, invasion and faunal mosaics in evolutionary and ecological time; Eric Hoberg --; The emerging infectious diseases crisis and pathogen pollution; Daniel R. Brooks --; Establishment or vanishing:fate of an invasive species based on mathematical models; Yihong Du --; Anthropogenic footprints on biodiversity; Camilo Mora --; Worldwide decline and extinction of amphibians; Harold Heatwole --; Climatic change and reptiles; Harvey B. Lillywhite --; Equilibrium and non-equilibrium in Australian bird communities; Hugh Ford --; Population dynamics of insects; Nigel Andrew. --; The futures of coral reefs; Peter Sale --; Autecological studies. Autecology and the balance of nature; Gimme Walter --; The intricacy of structural and ecological adaptations; Klaus Rohde --; An overall view. The importance of interspecific competition in regulating communities, equilibrium vs. nonequilibrium; Klaus Rohde --; Evolutionarily stable strategies; Klaus Rohde --; How to conserve biodiversity in a nonequilibrium world; Klaus Rohde; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=529642&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -