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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Page 86
... colonization , p . If each site is colonized independently , this probability will depend only on the physical and biological conditions within a patch . Many factors can affect p1 , including patch area , the availability of critical ...
... colonization , p . If each site is colonized independently , this probability will depend only on the physical and biological conditions within a patch . Many factors can affect p1 , including patch area , the availability of critical ...
Page 87
... colonization and extinction processes , we can generate new metapopulation models that make different predictions about the frac- tion of sites occupied at equilibrium ( Ĉ ) . Before exploring these variations , we will first examine ...
... colonization and extinction processes , we can generate new metapopulation models that make different predictions about the frac- tion of sites occupied at equilibrium ( Ĉ ) . Before exploring these variations , we will first examine ...
Page 88
... colonization may be fixed . Constant p ; implies a propagule rain â a continuous source of migrants that could potentially colonize an empty site ( Figure 4.2a ) . If there is a large , stable " mainland " population , it may generate a ...
... colonization may be fixed . Constant p ; implies a propagule rain â a continuous source of migrants that could potentially colonize an empty site ( Figure 4.2a ) . If there is a large , stable " mainland " population , it may generate a ...
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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 Kâ large islands Leslie matrix logistic growth Lotka-Volterra model MacArthur-Wilson model maximum metapopulation metapopulation models Nâ 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