The balance of nature and human impact  [electronic resource] / 
edited by Klaus Rohde. 
 - Cambridge :  Cambridge University Press,  2013. 
 - xvi, 413 p. :  ill. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><br/>Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107306509 (electronic bk.) 
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<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  / .B34 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>576.8