Reviews for Advances in ecological research

The average rating for Advances in ecological research based on 2 reviews is 4 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-06-30 00:00:00 Jo Ann Tonks A Concise, Still Important Introduction to the Mathematical Foundations of Population Biology Still in print, unchanged, after forty years, Edward O. Wilson and William H. Bossert's "A Primer of Population Biology" is still a basic, important introduction to the mathematical foundations of population biology. It is replete with many examples of mathematical equations, including derivations of important equations such as the differential equation for equilibrium in the MacArthur - Wilson Theory of Island Biogeography. More than half of the book is devoted to basic concepts of population genetics, another third to basic concepts of ecology from elementary population growth to calculating r and k selection, and finally, a concluding chapter devoted to island biogeography, especially as seen through the MacArthur - Wilson Theory. Complicated concepts are explained simply via their concise prose, though potential readers should realize that this is a book that will be of interest primarily to students and scientists in population genetics, population ecology, conservation biology and related aspects of biology, including epidemiology and evolutionary paleobiology.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-08-07 00:00:00 Rory Macpherson good