A primer of ecology /

A primer of ecology /

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Author / Creator:Gotelli, Nicholas J., 1959-
Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Sunderland, Mass. : Sinauer Associates, c2001.
Description:xxi, 265 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Population biology -- Mathematical models.
Ecology -- Mathematical models.
Ecology -- Mathematical models.
Population biology -- Mathematical models.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4654120
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ISBN:0878932739 (pbk.)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-255) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface to the Third Edition
  • Preface to the Second Edition
  • Preface to the First Edition
  • To the Student
  • Chapter 1. Exponential Population Growth
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Elements of Population Growth
  • Projecting Population Size
  • Calculating Doubling Time
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Continuous versus Discrete Population Growth
  • Environmental Stochasticity
  • Demographic Stochasticity
  • Empirical Examples
  • Pheasants of Protection Island
  • Grizzly Bears of Yellowstone National Park
  • Problems
  • Chapter 2. Logistic Population Growth
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Density Dependence
  • Carrying Capacity
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Time Lags
  • Discrete Population Growth
  • Random Variation in Carrying Capacity
  • Periodic Variation in Carrying Capacity
  • Empirical Examples
  • Song Sparrows of Mandarte Island
  • Population Dynamics of Subtidal Ascidians
  • Logistic Growth and the Collapse of Fisheries Populations
  • Problems
  • Chapter 3. Age-Structured Population Growth
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Exponential Growth with Age Structure
  • Notation for Ages and Age Classes
  • The Fecundity Schedule [b(x)]
  • Fecundity Schedules in Nature
  • The Survivorship Schedule [l(x)]
  • Survival Probability [g(x)]
  • Survivorship Schedules in Nature
  • Calculating Net Reproductive Rate (R[subscript 0])
  • Calculating Generation Time (G)
  • Calculating Intrinsic Rate of Increase (r)
  • Describing Population Age Structure
  • Calculating Survival Probabilities for Age Classes (P[subscript i])
  • Calculating Fertilities for Age Classes (F[subscript i])
  • The Leslie Matrix
  • Stable and Stationary Age Distributions
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Derivation of the Euler Equation
  • Reproductive Value
  • Life History Strategies
  • Stage- and Size-Structured Population Growth
  • Empirical Examples
  • Life Tables for Ground Squirrels
  • Stage Projection Matrices for Teasel
  • Problems
  • Chapter 4. Metapopulation Dynamics
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Metapopulations and Extinction Risk
  • A Model of Metapopulation Dynamics
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • The Island-Mainland Model
  • Internal Colonization
  • The Rescue Effect
  • Other Variations
  • Empirical Examples
  • The Checkerspot Butterfly
  • Heathland Carabid Beetles
  • Problems
  • Chapter 5. Competition
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Competitive Interactions
  • The Lotka-Volterra Competition Model
  • Competition Coefficients
  • Equilibrium Solutions
  • The State Space
  • Graphical Solutions to the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model
  • The Principle of Competitive Exclusion
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Intraguild Predation
  • Empirical Examples
  • Competition between Intertidal Sandflat Worms
  • The Shape of a Gerbil Isocline
  • Problems
  • Chapter 6. Predation
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Modeling Prey Population Growth
  • Modeling Predator Population Growth
  • Equilibrium Solutions
  • Graphical Solutions to the Lotka-Volterra Predation Model
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Incorporating a Victim Carrying Capacity
  • Modifying the Functional Response
  • The Paradox of Enrichment
  • Incorporating Other Factors in the Victim Isocline
  • Modifying the Predator Isocline
  • Empirical Examples
  • Population Cycles of Hare and Lynx
  • Population Cycles of Red Grouse
  • Problems
  • Chapter 7. Island Biogeography
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • The Species-Area Relationship
  • The Habitat Diversity Hypothesis
  • The Equilibrium Model of Island Biogeography
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Nonlinear Immigration and Extinction Curves
  • Area and Distance Effects
  • The Rescue Effect
  • The Target Effect
  • The Passive Sampling Model
  • Empirical Examples
  • Insects of Mangrove Islands
  • Breeding Birds of Eastern Wood
  • Breeding Birds of the Pymatuning Lake Islands
  • Problems
  • Chapter 8. Succession
  • Model Presentation and Predictions
  • Three Verbal Models of Succession
  • Matrix Models of Succession
  • Setting the Stages
  • Specifying the Time Step
  • Constructing the Stage Vector
  • Constructing the Transition Matrix
  • Loop Diagrams
  • Projecting Community Change
  • Determining the Equilibrium
  • Stage Vectors and Transition Matrices: Two Interpretations
  • Model Assumptions
  • Model Variations
  • Successional Models Revisited
  • Facilitation Model
  • Inhibition model
  • Tolerance Model
  • Model Comparisons
  • Other Models
  • Empirical Examples
  • Markovian Dynamics of Desert Vegetation
  • Models of Coral Reef Succession
  • Problems
  • Appendix
  • Constructing a Population Model
  • The Derivative: The Velocity of a Population
  • Modeling Population Growth
  • Solving for the Equilibrium
  • Analyzing the Stability of the Equilibrium
  • The Integral: Projecting Population Growth
  • Solutions to Problems
  • Chapter 1.
  • Chapter 2.
  • Chapter 3.
  • Chapter 4.
  • Chapter 5.
  • Chapter 6.
  • Chapter 7.
  • Chapter 8.
  • Glossary
  • Literature Cited
  • Index
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