A Primer of Ecology, Page 2A Primer of Ecology presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological models and the mathematics behind them by deriving the models from first principles. The Primer explains in detail basic concepts of exponential and logistic population growth, age-structured demography, metapopulation dynamics, competition, predation, island biogeography, and, in a chapter new to this edition, succession. The book may be used as a self-teaching tutorial by students, as a primary textbook, or as a supplemental text to a general ecology textbook. |
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... ( Figure 2.5a ) . If rt is “ medium ” ( 0.368 < rt < 1.570 ) , the population first overshoots , then undershoots the carrying capacity ; these damped oscillations diminish with time until K is reached ( Figure 2.5b ) . The exact ...
... ( Figure 2.5a ) . If rt is “ medium ” ( 0.368 < rt < 1.570 ) , the population first overshoots , then undershoots the carrying capacity ; these damped oscillations diminish with time until K is reached ( Figure 2.5b ) . The exact ...
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... ( Figure 2.6a ) . At “ less small ” rå ( 2.000 < r < 2.449 ) , the pop- ulation enters into a stable two - point limit cycle . This is similar to the continuous model , except that the population rises and falls to sharp " points ...
... ( Figure 2.6a ) . At “ less small ” rå ( 2.000 < r < 2.449 ) , the pop- ulation enters into a stable two - point limit cycle . This is similar to the continuous model , except that the population rises and falls to sharp " points ...
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... ( Figure 2.11b ) , and in the survival of juveniles ( Figure 2.11c ) , both of which decreased as the population size increased . Experimental stud- ies confirmed that food limitation was the controlling factor : when food lev- els for ...
... ( Figure 2.11b ) , and in the survival of juveniles ( Figure 2.11c ) , both of which decreased as the population size increased . Experimental stud- ies confirmed that food limitation was the controlling factor : when food lev- els for ...
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Logistic Population Growth | 25 |
AgeStructured Population Growth | 49 |
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age class Allee effect allenbyi ascidian assumptions axis birth and death birth rate calculate capita carrying capacity Chapter coexistence colonization competition constant death rate decrease density-dependent depend ecology equilibrium model equilibrium point Euler equation example exponential growth exponential growth model Expression extinction rate Figure functional response grassland habitat immigration rate interspecific competition isocline of species iteroparous K-selection K₁ large islands Leslie matrix logistic growth Lotka-Volterra model MacArthur-Wilson model maximum metapopulation metapopulation models N₁ number of individuals Number of predators number of species Number of victims offspring parasite passive sampling model patches pioneer species population growth rate population sizes predator and victim predator isocline predator population prey propagule rate of increase red grouse represents reproductive value rescue effect semelparous source pool species richness species-area relationship stage vector state-space graph survivorship curve tion transition matrix turnover ulation variance victim abundance victim isocline victim population zero