The first history of population ecology traces two generations of science and scientists from
the opening of the twentieth century through 1970. Kingsland chronicles the careers of key
figures and the field's theoretical, empirical, and institutional development, with special
attention to tensions between the descriptive studies of field biologists and later
mathematical models. This second edition includes a new afterword that brings the book up
to date, with special attention to the rise of" the new natural history" and debates about …