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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... number of individuals in each age class of the population . This means we will shift our notation from ages to age classes . We will use n , ( t ) to indicate the number of individuals at time t in age class i . For example , if n1 ( 3 ) ...
... number of individuals in each age class of the population . This means we will shift our notation from ages to age classes . We will use n , ( t ) to indicate the number of individuals at time t in age class i . For example , if n1 ( 3 ) ...
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... individuals of different ages . However , the conversion of these values is tricky ; it depends on the timing of ... number of individuals in a particular age class from one time period to the next : ni + 1 ( t + 1 ) = P ; n , ( t ) ...
... individuals of different ages . However , the conversion of these values is tricky ; it depends on the timing of ... number of individuals in a particular age class from one time period to the next : ni + 1 ( t + 1 ) = P ; n , ( t ) ...
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Nicholas J. Gotelli. number of individuals in each age class as a function of time . You can see that the graphs for the two populations initially appear quite different from one another as the relative numbers in the different age ...
Nicholas J. Gotelli. number of individuals in each age class as a function of time . You can see that the graphs for the two populations initially appear quite different from one another as the relative numbers in the different age ...
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