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Zoology --- Animal ecology --- Biology --- Ecology --- Zoologie --- Biologie --- Écologie animale --- Biology. --- Animal ecology. --- Zoology. --- Periodicals. --- Périodiques. --- animal ecology

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It is generally recognized that larger animals eat more, live longer, have larger offspring, and so on; but it is unusual to see these commonplace observations as a basis for scientific biology. A large number of empirically based relationships describe biological rates as simple functions of body size; and other such relations predict the intrinsic rate of population growth, animal speed, animal density, territory size, prey size, physiology, and morphology. Such equations almost always exist for mammals and birds, often for other vertebrates and invertebrates, sometimes for protozoa, algae, and bacteria, and occasionally even for plants. There are too many organisms to measure all aspects of the biology of every species of population, so scientists must depend on generalizations. Body size relations represent our most extensive and powerful assemblage of generalizations, but they have never been organized for use in ecology. This book represents the largest single compilation of interspecific size relations, and instructs the reader on the use of these relationships; their comparison, combination, and criticism. Both strengths and weaknesses of our current knowledge are discussed in order to indicate the many possible directions for further research. This important volume will therefore provide a point of departure toward a new applied ecology, giving quantitative solutions to real questions. It will interest advanced students of ecology and comparative physiology as well as professional biologists.

Animal ecology. --- Body size. --- Life Sciences --- General and Others --- Animal ecology --- Body size

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Acari are everywhere and acarologists go after them some aiming to explore the bewildering diversity of the mites and ticks, others trying to understand the how and why of their being. For the past 50 years, the International Congress of Acarology has been the foremost forum for worldwide communication on the knowledge of mites and ticks, helping researchers and students to look beyond the borders of their disciplines. Many mites and ticks have economic consequences as they are pests of agricultural, veterinary and medical importance, and several species have become model organisms for studies in modern biology. The 96 contributions to Trends in Acarology reflecting a vast variety of disciplines, such as molecular biology, biochemistry, physiology, microbiology, pathology, ecology, evolutionary biology, systematic biology, soil biology, plant protection, pest control and epidemiology have all been reviewed and carefully edited. The resulting voIume contains a wealth of new information, that may stimulate research for many years to come.

Life Sciences. --- Invertebrates. --- Entomology. --- Animal Ecology. --- Biodiversity. --- Agriculture. --- Life sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Sciences de la vie --- Agriculture --- Ecologie animale --- Biodiversité --- Invertébrés --- Entomologie --- Acarology --- Zoology --- Mites --- Ticks