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" Ecology of small mammals "
edited by D. Michael Stoddart.
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BL
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734051
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b553877
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edited by D. Michael Stoddart.
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Ecology of small mammals\ edited by D. Michael Stoddart.
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| Publication Statement
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Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands, 1979
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(404 pages)
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9400957726
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: 9400957742
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: 9789400957725
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: 9789400957749
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| Contents
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1 Life-history strategies --;1.1 Introduction --;1.2 Evolution and life-history strategies --;1.3 Demographic components of life-history strategies --;1.4 Energetic components of life-history strategies --;1.5 Behavioural components of life-history strategies --;1.6 Summary --;1.7 Acknowledgements --;1.8 References --;2 Population processes in small mammals --;2.1 Introduction --;2.2 Distribution --;2.3 Abundance --;3 The stability and instability of small mammal populations --;3.1 Introduction --;3.2 The regulation of small mammal populations --;3.3 Case studies of change in small mammal populations --;3.4 Conclusions --;3.5 References to Chapters 2 and 3 --;4 Community structure and functional role of small mammals in ecosystems --;4.1 Introduction --;4.2 Characterization of 'small mammals' as a single state variable --;4.3 Characterization of 'small mammals' as different state variables --;4.4 The structure of small mammal faunas --;4.5 Some ecological characteristics of small mammals --;4.6 Evaluation of transfer functions which link the component 'small mammals' to other system variables --;4.7 Energy budgets --;4.8 The role of small mammals in ecosystems --;4.9 References --;5 Ecological importance of small mammals as reservoirs of disease --;5.1 Introduction --;5.2 Zoonoses involving small mammals --;5.3 Epidemiology of human diseases involving small mammals --;5.4 The importance of small mammals as reservoirs of disease --;5.5 The control of diseases with small mammal reservoirs --;5.6 Conclusions --;5.7 References --;6 Importance of small mammals as pests in agriculture and stored products --;6.1 Introduction --;6.2 Main types of small mammal problems --;6.3 Principal means of combating small mammal damage --;6.4 Towards integrated control programmes --;6.5 References --;7 Ecology of bats --;7.1 Habitat --;7.2 Diet --;7.3 Reproduction --;7.4 Population --;7.5 Community --;7.6 Relations --;7.7 Acknowledgements --;7.8 References --;8 Ecology of small marsupials --;8.1 Introduction --;8.2 Breeding strategies of polytocous marsupials --;8.3 Semelparity --;an unique strategy --;8.4 Contrasting strategies of arboreal leaf eating marsupials --;8.5 The ecology of invasion --;the brush possum in New Zealand --;8.4 The ecology of extinction --;small marsupials of the inland plains of Australia --;8.5 Acknowledgements --;8.6 References.
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Ecology.
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Life sciences.
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Zoology.
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QL703.E358 1979
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D Michael Stoddart
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