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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... ecology text . Because of its brevity , it completely ignores many important topics in ecology that are not amenable to treatment with simple mathematical models . I hope that its concise format and modest price will justify its use as ...
... ecology text . Because of its brevity , it completely ignores many important topics in ecology that are not amenable to treatment with simple mathematical models . I hope that its concise format and modest price will justify its use as ...
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... Ecology . W. B. Saunders , Philadelphia . [ 2 ] Anderson , R. M. and R. M. May . 1978. Regulation and stability of host - parasite pop- ulation interactions . I. Regulatory processes . Journal of Animal Ecology 47 : 219-249 . [ 6 ] ...
... Ecology . W. B. Saunders , Philadelphia . [ 2 ] Anderson , R. M. and R. M. May . 1978. Regulation and stability of host - parasite pop- ulation interactions . I. Regulatory processes . Journal of Animal Ecology 47 : 219-249 . [ 6 ] ...
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... Ecology 18 : 1-35 . [ 6 ] Spear , R. W. , M. B. Davis and L. C. K. Shane . 1994. Late quaternary history of low- and mid - elevation vegetation in the White Mountains of New Hampshire . Ecological Monographs 64 : 85-109 . [ 8 ] Stearns ...
... Ecology 18 : 1-35 . [ 6 ] Spear , R. W. , M. B. Davis and L. C. K. Shane . 1994. Late quaternary history of low- and mid - elevation vegetation in the White Mountains of New Hampshire . Ecological Monographs 64 : 85-109 . [ 8 ] Stearns ...
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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