Ecological Mechanics : : Principles of Life's Physical Interactions /

Ecological Mechanics : : Principles of Life's Physical Interactions / / Mark Denny.

Plants and animals interact with each other and their surroundings, and these interactions-with all their complexity and contingency-control where species can survive and reproduce. In this comprehensive and groundbreaking introduction to the emerging field of ecological mechanics, Mark Denny explai...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
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Denny, Mark,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©2016
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (536 p.) :; 160 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Illustrations
  • List of Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Chapter 1. Ecological Mechanics: An Introduction
  • Part I. Basic Concepts
  • Chapter 2. Basic Physics and Math
  • Chapter 3. Response Functions
  • Part II. The Mechanics of Transport
  • Chapter 4. Diffusion Random Motion and Its Consequences
  • Chapter 5. An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics
  • Chapter 6. Boundary Layers I Equilibrium Layers
  • Chapter 7. Boundary Layers II Dynamic Layers
  • Chapter 8. Fluid-Dynamic Forces I Introduction and Low-Reynolds-Number Flows
  • Chapter 9. Fluid-Dynamic Forces II High Reynolds Numbers
  • Chapter 10. Locomotion
  • Chapter 11. Thermal Mechanics I Introduction, Solar Heating, Convection, Metabolism, and Evaporation
  • Chapter 12. Thermal Mechanics II Stored Energy, Conduction, Long-Wave Radiation, and Synthesis
  • Part III. Solid Mechanics
  • Chapter 13. Biological Materials I Materials Mechanics
  • Chapter 14. Biological Materials II The Spectrum of Biological Materials
  • Chapter 15. Fracture Mechanics and Fatigue
  • Chapter 16. Adhesion and Adhesion Resistance
  • Chapter 17. Statics Bending and Twisting
  • Chapter 18. Dynamics The Mechanics of Oscillation
  • Part IV. Ecological Mechanics
  • Chapter 19. Ecological Variation and Its Consequences
  • Chapter 20. Spectral Analysis Quantifying Variation in Time and Space
  • Chapter 21. Quantifying the Effects of Scale
  • Chapter 22. Biology of Extremes
  • Chapter 23. Pattern and Self-Organization
  • Chapter 24. Thoughts at the End
  • References
  • Symbol Index
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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