TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vandermeer,John H.
AU  - Goldberg,Deborah E.
TI  - Population ecology: first principles 
SN  - 9780691160313 (pbk.)
U1  - 577.88 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Princeton
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - Population biology
KW  - Mathematical models
KW  - Ecology
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -