The Ecological Web: More on the Distribution and Abundance of Animals

By L.C. Birch and H.G. Andrewartha

Book Overview

"The authors of The Distribution and Abundance of Animals have now written The Ecological Web, an extended and careful synthesis of theory and field research, which provides an illuminating analysis of how environment influences the distribution and abundance of animals. The work also provides the first comprehensive account, illustrated by numerous case histories, of P. J. den Boer's theory of 'spreading the risk.' . . . Andrewartha and Birch, by shifting the emphasis away from abstract theory and back to consideration of animals in their complex natural environments, have provided a useful guide for ecologically sound conservation and management."--Animal Behaviour

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226020339
• ISBN13: 9780226020334
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr
• Length: 506 Pages
• Weight: 0.04 lbs.

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This is an extended and careful synthesis of theory and field research, which provides an illuminating analysis of how environment influences the distribution and abundance of animals. The work also provides the first comprehensive account, illustrated by numerous case histories of P. J. den Boer's theory of "spreading the risk". The authors, by shifting the emphasis away from abstract theory and back to considerations of animals in their complex natural environments, have provided a useful guide for ecologically sound conservation and management.