Download or read book Ecological Orbits written by Lev Ginzburg and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2004-04-29 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.