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01682cam a22002174a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
0521810612 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| ISBN |
9780521810616 |
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| ISBN |
9780521148368 |
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| ISBN |
0521148367 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
DLC |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
591 INT 2005 C151 Or. |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--AUTHOR NAME |
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| Personal name |
Owen-Smith, R. Norman |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Adaptive herbivore ecology : |
| Remainder of title |
from resources to populations in variable environments / |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Number of Pages |
xvi, 374 pages : |
| Other physical details |
illustrations ; |
| Dimensions |
24 cm |
| 490 1# - SERIES STATEMENT |
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| Series statement |
Cambridge studies in ecology |
| 520 1# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"The adaptation of herbivore behaviour to seasonal and locational variations in vegetation quantity and quality is inadequately modelled by conventional methods. Norman Owen-Smith innovatively links the principles of adaptive behaviour to their consequences for population dynamics and community ecology, through the application of a metaphysiological modelling approach. The main focus is on large mammalian herbivores occupying seasonally variable environments such as those characterised by African savannas, but applications to temperate zone ungulates are also included. Issues of habitat suitability, species coexistence, and population stability or instability are similarly investigated |
| 520 8# - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
The modelling approach accommodates various sources of environmental variability, in space and time, in a simple conceptual way and has the potential to be applied to other consumer-resource systems. This text highlights the crucial importance of adaptive consumer responses to environmental variability and is aimed particularly at academic researchers and graduate students in the field of ecology."--Jacket |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Ungulates |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical Term |
Herbivores |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
ADB |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) |
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| Withdrawn status [LOCAL, KOHA] |
0 |
