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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... turnover at equilibrium . This turnover of island populations at equilibrium is a key feature of the MacArthur - Wilson model . In contrast to many of the ecological models we have studied , the MacArthur - Wilson model does not predict ...
... turnover at equilibrium . This turnover of island populations at equilibrium is a key feature of the MacArthur - Wilson model . In contrast to many of the ecological models we have studied , the MacArthur - Wilson model does not predict ...
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... turnover than the far island . Thus , island species richness in the MacArthur - Wilson model is uniquely determined by the geometry of an island — its area determines the extinction rate , and its distance or isolation determines its ...
... turnover than the far island . Thus , island species richness in the MacArthur - Wilson model is uniquely determined by the geometry of an island — its area determines the extinction rate , and its distance or isolation determines its ...
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... turnover of island popula- tions , whereas the passive sampling model does not invoke turnover . Instead , the passive sampling model predicts that an abundant species will have a greater chance of occurring on an island than a sparse ...
... turnover of island popula- tions , whereas the passive sampling model does not invoke turnover . Instead , the passive sampling model predicts that an abundant species will have a greater chance of occurring on an island than a sparse ...
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