The distribution and abundance of animals / by H.G. Andrewartha and L.C. Birch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andrewartha, H. G. (Herbert George), 1907-1992, author.

Birch, Charles, author.

Contributor:

University of Chicago. Press, publisher.

Mark B. Adams Emergence of Modern Science Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal ecology.

Physiology, Comparative.

Penn Provenance:

Adams, Mark B., (former owner) (autograph, August, 1974) (Adams copy)

Physical Description:

xv, 782 pages : illustrations, maps, graphs, tables ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1954.

Summary:

Asks the fundamental question: How does the environment influence the animal's chance to survive and multiply? The book is the search for the answer.

Contents:

Introduction. The scope of ecology ; Components of environment

Physiological aspects of ecology. The innate capacity for increase in numbers ; Dispause ; Dispersal

Analysis of environment. Weather : temperature ; Weather : moisture ; Weather : light ; Other animals of the same kind ; Other organisms of different kinds ; Food ; A place in which to live

The numbers of animals in natural populations. Empirical examples of the numbers of animals in natural populations ; A general theory of the numbers of animals in natural populations

Genetic aspects of ecology. Genetic plasticity of species ; Ecology and the origin of species.

Notes:

"Copyright 1954 by The University of Chicago"--verso of title page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 723-763) and index.

Local Notes:

Kislak Center copy gifted by Dr. Mark B. Adams in 2018.

Kislak Center copy sixth impression 1974.

OCLC:

557800