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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... intersection of the birth and death curves . In this region of the graph , the birth rate exceeds the death rate , so the population will increase . If we are to the right of the intersection point , the death rate is higher than the ...
... intersection of the birth and death curves . In this region of the graph , the birth rate exceeds the death rate , so the population will increase . If we are to the right of the intersection point , the death rate is higher than the ...
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... intersection of the immigration and extinction curves ( Figure 7.5 ) . At the intersection , the rate at which new species arrive is matched by the rate at which species present on the island go extinct . This equilibrium point is ...
... intersection of the immigration and extinction curves ( Figure 7.5 ) . At the intersection , the rate at which new species arrive is matched by the rate at which species present on the island go extinct . This equilibrium point is ...
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... intersection constitutes an equilibrium solution to the equa- tion . The point on the x axis of the graph directly beneath the intersection rep- resents the equilibrium population size . If there is more than one intersection , then ...
... intersection constitutes an equilibrium solution to the equa- tion . The point on the x axis of the graph directly beneath the intersection rep- resents the equilibrium population size . If there is more than one intersection , then ...
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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