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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... towards K. Thus , density - dependent birth and death rates provide an effective brake on exponential population growth . Rate do bo K Death rate ( d ) Birth 30 CHAPTER 2 : LOGISTIC POPULATION GROWTH Carrying Capacity.
... towards K. Thus , density - dependent birth and death rates provide an effective brake on exponential population growth . Rate do bo K Death rate ( d ) Birth 30 CHAPTER 2 : LOGISTIC POPULATION GROWTH Carrying Capacity.
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Nicholas J. Gotelli. RANDOM VARIATION IN CARRYING CAPACITY In our analysis of environmental stochasticity ( Chapter 1 ) , we assumed that resources were unlimited , but that r ... Carrying Capacity Periodic Variation in Carrying Capacity.
Nicholas J. Gotelli. RANDOM VARIATION IN CARRYING CAPACITY In our analysis of environmental stochasticity ( Chapter 1 ) , we assumed that resources were unlimited , but that r ... Carrying Capacity Periodic Variation in Carrying Capacity.
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... carrying capacity . Note that the population with the larger growth rate ( r = 0.50 ) tracks the fluctuations in carrying capacity , whereas the population ... carrying capacity ( a ) ( b ) Carrying capacity KA Population MODEL VARIATIONS 41.
... carrying capacity . Note that the population with the larger growth rate ( r = 0.50 ) tracks the fluctuations in carrying capacity , whereas the population ... carrying capacity ( a ) ( b ) Carrying capacity KA Population MODEL VARIATIONS 41.
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