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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Page 94
... 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 95
... colonization and extinction processes , we can generate new metapopulation models that make different predictions about the frac- tion of sites occupied at equilibrium ( ƒ ) . 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 ( ƒ ) . Before exploring these variations , we will first examine ...
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... colonization experi- ments , 187-188 , 189 Flour beetles , see Tribolium Functional response , of predator populations , 141 , 149-153 G , see Generation time g ( x ) , see Survival probability Generation time ( G ) , 58 , 63 Gerbils ...
... colonization experi- ments , 187-188 , 189 Flour beetles , see Tribolium Functional response , of predator populations , 141 , 149-153 G , see Generation time g ( x ) , see Survival probability Generation time ( G ) , 58 , 63 Gerbils ...
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