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Description: |
x, 306 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-298) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Classifying rodent population changes -- Biogeography of rodent population fluctuations -- Reproductive rates in fluctuating populations -- Mortality rates in fluctuating populations -- Immigration and emigration -- Spatial dynamics of populations -- How can we determine what drives population changes? -- The food hypothesis -- Predation as the explanation for fluctuations -- Disease as a potential factor in population changes -- Self-regulation hypotheses for fluctuations -- Multifactor explanations of fluctuations -- Models for fluctuating rodent populations -- Key studies yet to be done -- Synthesis of rodent population dynamics -- Comparative dynamics of rodents and other mammals. |