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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Nicholas J. Gotelli. through 4. We will use the data in Table 3.1 to illustrate all the calculations necessary for a typical life - table analysis . If you look at the b ( x ) column , you see that newborns do not reproduce . One - year ...
Nicholas J. Gotelli. through 4. We will use the data in Table 3.1 to illustrate all the calculations necessary for a typical life - table analysis . If you look at the b ( x ) column , you see that newborns do not reproduce . One - year ...
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Nicholas J. Gotelli. Empirical Examples LIFE TABLES FOR GROUND SQUIRRELS A long - term demographic study of the Uinta ground squirrel ( Spermophilus armatus ) demonstrates the importance of life - table analysis in understanding ...
Nicholas J. Gotelli. Empirical Examples LIFE TABLES FOR GROUND SQUIRRELS A long - term demographic study of the Uinta ground squirrel ( Spermophilus armatus ) demonstrates the importance of life - table analysis in understanding ...
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... life - table data for a population of snails : Age in years ( x ) S ( x ) b ( x ) 0 500 0.0 1 400 2.5 2 40 3.0 3 0 0.0 a . Complete the life - table analysis by calculating l ( x ) , g ( x ) , Ro , G , and the estimate of r . Calculate ...
... life - table data for a population of snails : Age in years ( x ) S ( x ) b ( x ) 0 500 0.0 1 400 2.5 2 40 3.0 3 0 0.0 a . Complete the life - table analysis by calculating l ( x ) , g ( x ) , Ro , G , and the estimate of r . Calculate ...
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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