For over sixty years, understanding the causes of multiannual cycles in animal populations has been a central issue in ecology. This book brings together ten of the leaders in this field to examine the major hypotheses and recent evidence in the field, and to establish that trophic interactions are an important factor in driving at least some of the major regular oscillations in animal populations that have long puzzled ecologists.
Edited by:
Alan Berryman (Professor of Entomology Professor of Entomology Washington State University)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 161mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 506g
ISBN: 9780195140989
ISBN 10: 0195140982
Pages: 206
Publication Date: 01 December 2002
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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A / AS level
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
1: Alan A. Berryman: Population Cycles: causes and Analysis 2: Mikael Munster-Swendsen: The Role of Insect Parasitoids in Population Cycles of the Spruce Needleminer in Denmark 3: Ilka Hanski and Heiki Henttonen: Population Cycles of Small Rodents in Fennoscandia 4: Stan Boutin, Charles J. Krebs, Rudy Boonstra, Anthony R.E. Sinclair, Karen E. Hodeges: Understanding the Snowshoe Hare Cycle through Larescale Field Experiments 5: John D. Reeve and Peter Turchin: Evidence for Predator-Prey Cycles in a Bark Beetle 6: Peter J. Hudson, Andrew P. Dobson, David Newborn: Parasitic Worms and Population Cycles of Red Grouse 7: Peter Turchin, Cherly J. Briggs, Spehen P. Ellner, Andreas Fischlin, Bruce E. Kendall, Edward McCauley, William W. Murdoch, Simon N. Wood: Population Cycles of the Larch Budmoth in Switzerland 8: Miis Tanhuanpaa, Kai Ruohomaki, Peter Turchin, Matthew P. Ayres, Helena Bylund, Pekka Kaitaniemi, Toomas tammaru, Erkki Haukioja: Population Cycles of the Autumnal Moth in Fennoscandia 9: Xavier Lambin, Charles J. Krebs, Robert Moss, Nigel G. Yoccoz: Population Cycles: Inferences form Experimental Modeling and time series approaches 10: Alan A. Berryman: Do Trophic Interactions Cause Population Cycles?
Reviews for Population Cycles: The Case for Trophic Interactions
[D]o not think you know everything about the role of trophic interactions in population cycles before reading this book. --The Quarterly Review of Biology.
