Ecological Orbits: How Planets Move and Populations Grow

by Lev Ginzburg, Mark Colyvan

A famous ecologist and a philosopher of science team up to offer a fresh new approach to population biology and ecology. Challenging the traditionally accepted Lotka-Volterra model, which is based on predator-prey interactions, this new model emphasizes maternal effects, specifically the significance of a mother's interest in the success of her female offspring.

184 pages, Kindle Edition

First published April 29, 2004