Geographical population analysis : tools for the analysis of biodiversity / Brian A. Maurer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maurer, Brian A.

Series:

Methods in ecology.

Methods in ecology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population biology.

Biogeography.

Biodiversity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (142 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; Boston : Blackwell Scientific Publications, 1994.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Conservation biology -- using concepts from traditional resource management and modern population biology to preserve biological diversity -- has emerged as one of the most important areas of ecology In order to really understand the problems of decreasing diversity and the solutions to maintaining it, the attention of ecologists must be focused on larger spatial and temporal scales than they are used to. The book discusses methods and statistical techniques that can be used to analyze spatial patterns in geographic populations. These techniques incorporate ideas from fractal geometry to devel

Contents:

Geographical Population Analysis: Tools for the Analysis of Biodiversity; Contents; The Methods In Ecology Series; Preface; Acknowledgements; CHAPTER 1: Geographical population analysis and the conservation of biological diversity; CHAPTER 2: Regionalized variable theory for geographical population analysis; CHAPTER 3: Analysis of geographical range size, shape and orientation; CHAPTER 4: Analysis of geographical variation in abundance; CHAPTER 5: Geographical population dynamics; CHAPTER 6: The challenges of geographical population analysis; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 119-123) and index.

ISBN:

9786612237287

9781282237285

1282237284

9781444313925

1444313924

OCLC:

609844433