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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... persist and those that go extinct . The second shift concerns the spatial scale at which we study populations . In ... persist ( 1 − p = 0.3 ) . What are the chances that the population will persist for two years ? The probabili- ty of ...
... persist and those that go extinct . The second shift concerns the spatial scale at which we study populations . In ... persist ( 1 − p = 0.3 ) . What are the chances that the population will persist for two years ? The probabili- ty of ...
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... persist in the long run , and one will be driven to extinction by competition . However , there is no predictable winner . The population that has a numerical advantage is the one that will probably win in competition , but the outcome ...
... persist in the long run , and one will be driven to extinction by competition . However , there is no predictable winner . The population that has a numerical advantage is the one that will probably win in competition , but the outcome ...
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... persists Species 1 does not persist Species 2 persists Species 2 does not persist ( b ) Species 1 persists Species 2 Inequality persists Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Nom No HR HR HR HR 1 K1 1 B K1 K1 K2 κα α K2 1 Ki κα K2 Outcome Species 1 ...
... persists Species 1 does not persist Species 2 persists Species 2 does not persist ( b ) Species 1 persists Species 2 Inequality persists Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Nom No HR HR HR HR 1 K1 1 B K1 K1 K2 κα α K2 1 Ki κα K2 Outcome Species 1 ...
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