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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... SCHEDULE [ b ( x ) ] The fertility schedule consists of the average number of offspring born to an individual female of a particular age . The fertility schedule is a column of val- ues represented as b ( x ) or m ( x ) , abbreviations ...
... SCHEDULE [ b ( x ) ] The fertility schedule consists of the average number of offspring born to an individual female of a particular age . The fertility schedule is a column of val- ues represented as b ( x ) or m ( x ) , abbreviations ...
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... schedule for a semelparous organism would have zeroes for all ages except for the single reproductive age . In iteroparous ( polycarpic ) reproduc- tion , the individual reproduces ... Schedules in Nature The Survivorship Schedule [/(x)]
... schedule for a semelparous organism would have zeroes for all ages except for the single reproductive age . In iteroparous ( polycarpic ) reproduc- tion , the individual reproduces ... Schedules in Nature The Survivorship Schedule [/(x)]
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... schedules are the basis for all our life - table calculations . Keep in mind that these schedules are independent pieces of data about death and birth . The l ( x ) schedule is calculated by following the survivorship of a cohort of ...
... schedules are the basis for all our life - table calculations . Keep in mind that these schedules are independent pieces of data about death and birth . The l ( x ) schedule is calculated by following the survivorship of a cohort of ...
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