A Primer of EcologyWith the aim of teaching students the essential models in population and community ecology, this book explains in detail the basic concepts of exponential and logistic population growth, age-structured demography, metapopulation dynamics, competition, predation and island biogeography. |
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... abundance . In other words , we are interested in predicting where organisms occur ( distribution ) , and the sizes of their populations ( abundance ) . Ecological studies rely on measurements of distribution and abundance in nature ...
... abundance . In other words , we are interested in predicting where organisms occur ( distribution ) , and the sizes of their populations ( abundance ) . Ecological studies rely on measurements of distribution and abundance in nature ...
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... abundances of species 1 and species 2. The abundance of species 1 can be read from the x axis and the abundance of species 2 can be read from the y axis . If our point falls on the x axis , then only species 1 is present and the abundance ...
... abundances of species 1 and species 2. The abundance of species 1 can be read from the x axis and the abundance of species 2 can be read from the y axis . If our point falls on the x axis , then only species 1 is present and the abundance ...
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... abundance of species 1 is represented on the x axis . When you work with state - space graphs , pay close attention to which species ' isocline you are plotting . Any point to the left of the isocline for species 1 generates a ...
... abundance of species 1 is represented on the x axis . When you work with state - space graphs , pay close attention to which species ' isocline you are plotting . Any point to the left of the isocline for species 1 generates a ...
Contents
Logistic Population Growth Expens | 27 |
AgeStructured Population Growth | 55 |
MODEL PRESENTATION AND PREDICTIONS | 90 |
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abundance age class age structure Allee effect allenbyi assumptions axis birth and death birth rate calculate carrying capacity Chapter coexistence colonization competition competitors constant death rate decrease density-dependent depends E. O. Wilson ecology Euler equation example exponential growth Expression extinction rate Figure fluctuations functional response habitat immigration rate interspecific competition isocline of species iteroparous K-selection K₁ K₂ large islands Leslie matrix logarithmic logistic growth logistic model Lotka-Volterra equations Lotka-Volterra model MacArthur-Wilson model mathematical maximum metapopulation metapopulation models N₁ N₂ number of individuals Number of predators number of species Number of victims offspring parasite passive sampling model patches persist population cycles population growth rate population sizes predator and victim predator isocline predator population primer rate of increase red grouse represents reproductive value rescue effect schedule source pool species richness species-area relationship survivorship survivorship curve tion turnover ulation victim density victim isocline victim population zero