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Scaling in Ecology with a Model System offers new insights into ecophysiology and stoichiometry, demography, extinction risk and species distribution models, food webs and trophic dynamics, and tipping points and regime shifts.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"- \/ - \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53376916685073,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":53376916750609,"sku":"NIN9780691222776","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9780691222776.jpg?v=1775311498"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/collections\/monographs-in-population-biology-book-series.oembed?page=3","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}