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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... maximum population size that can be supported . Thus , K encom- passes many potentially limiting resources , including the availability of space , food , and shelter . In our model , these resources are depleted incrementally as ...
... maximum population size that can be supported . Thus , K encom- passes many potentially limiting resources , including the availability of space , food , and shelter . In our model , these resources are depleted incrementally as ...
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... maximum extinction rate for small islands ; E¡ is the maximum extinction rate for large islands . P E Suppose we have a large island ( A1 ) and a small island ( A , ) that differ only in area , but are identical in habitat diversity and ...
... maximum extinction rate for small islands ; E¡ is the maximum extinction rate for large islands . P E Suppose we have a large island ( A1 ) and a small island ( A , ) that differ only in area , but are identical in habitat diversity and ...
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... maximum immigration rate for near islands ; If is the maximum immigration rate for far islands . ( In ) than on the far island ( I ) . Consequently , the near island will have more species at equilibrium than the far island . The near ...
... maximum immigration rate for near islands ; If is the maximum immigration rate for far islands . ( In ) than on the far island ( I ) . Consequently , the near island will have more species at equilibrium than the far island . The near ...
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