Population ecology : first principles / John H. Vandermeer and Deborah E. Goldberg.
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TextPublication details: Princeton : Princeton University Press, c2013.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xxii, 263 p. : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN: - 9780691160313 (pbk.)
- 577.88 23 V237
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| 577.88 Sl631 Biology of populations | 577.88 T153 Population regulation | 577.88 T932 Complex population dynamics | 577.88 V237 Population ecology : | 577.88 W731 Analysis of biological populations | 577.88 Y68 Genetics, demography and viability of fragmented populations | 577.880113 C356 Matrix population models |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
1. Elementary population dynamics --
2. Projection matrices: Structured models --
3. Applications of simple population models--
4. A closer look at the "dynamics" in population dynamics --
5. Patterns in space and metapopulations --
6. Predator--prey (consumer-resource) interactions --
7. Disease ecology--
8. Competition--
9. Facilitation and mutualism--
10. What this book was about--
Glossary--
References--
Index.
This book is highly mathematical, the material is presented in such a way that only introductory calculus and a basic understanding of linear algebra are necessary prerequisites. For those students far removed from their calculus class, a basic understanding of the nature of a derivative and an integral plus the ability to differentiate simple functions (polynomials and exponentials) is really all that is required to fully appreciate this basic material.
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