WILDLIFE ECOLOGY - An Analytical Approach

San Francisco: W. H. Freeman and Company, 1973. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 4to. (xviii) 458 pp. Please note, this is a very heavy book and, depending where in the world you are, the shipping might be higher than normal. Black cloth with a red and beige pictorial on the front panel; lettered in beige on the front panel; lettered in beige and red on the spine; brown endpapers; headband; illustrated with black and white photographs, charts and diagrams. Light wear at the corners; previous owner's name inside; as issued, no dustjacket. The Chapters are: Part One: Life, Interactions and Ecological Modeling: Productivity Gradients; Interactions Between Organisms and Environment; Ecological Modeling and Simulation. Part Two: The Distribution of Matter and Energy in Time and Space: Soil Water and Topography; Weather in Relation to Physical Characteristics; Weather and teh Processes of Thermal Exchange. Part Three: Metabolism and Nutrition: Energy Metabolism; Digestion; Ingestion and Nutrient Utilization. Part Four: Behavioral Factors in Relation to Productivity: The Organism as a Fundamental Unit in a Population; Intraspecies Interaction; Interspecies Interaction. Part Five: Energy Flux and the Ecological Organization of Matter: Thermal Energy Exchange Between Organism and Environment; Physiological Behavior and Genetic Responses to the Thermal Environment; The Organization of Energy and Matter in Plant and Animal Communities. Part Six: Productivity, Populations and Decision Making: A Biological Basis for the Calculation of Carrying Capacity; Mathematical Analyses of Factors Affecting Carrying Capacity; N-Dimensional Population Structures; Predicting Population Dynamics; and Ecological Analyses and Decision Making Procedures; followed by Appendixes: Weights and Measurements; Weather, Thermal Factors and the Julian Calendar; Weight and Matabolic Weight; Radiant Temperature in Relation to Air Temperature; Surface Area in Relation to Weight; Symbols; Reference Books; Instructions fo Contributors to the Professional Literture; and an index..