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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... simple , orderly world . But the real world tends to be complex and uncertain . Think of public transportation . Does any commuter ever expect their bus or train to arrive at precisely the time indicated in the printed schedule ? At ...
... simple , orderly world . But the real world tends to be complex and uncertain . Think of public transportation . Does any commuter ever expect their bus or train to arrive at precisely the time indicated in the printed schedule ? At ...
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... simple " organisms such as single - celled bacteria or protozoa . But for most plants and animals , birth and death rates depend on the age of an individual . For example , a newborn elephant cannot reproduce immediately , but must grow ...
... simple " organisms such as single - celled bacteria or protozoa . But for most plants and animals , birth and death rates depend on the age of an individual . For example , a newborn elephant cannot reproduce immediately , but must grow ...
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... simple competition model to take account of IGP ? Suppose that two species compete according to the Lotka - Volterra equations , but species 1 is also a predator on species 2. This is a simple model that does not involve age structure ...
... simple competition model to take account of IGP ? Suppose that two species compete according to the Lotka - Volterra equations , but species 1 is also a predator on species 2. This is a simple model that does not involve age structure ...
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