Applied Population Ecology: A Supply-Demand Approach

ISBN-13: 9780471135869 / Angielski / Twarda / 1996 / 320 str.

Andrew Paul Gutierrez

Opis

This book provides applied biologists and ecologists with the mathematical tools they need to understand the ever increasingly mathematical and complex area of population ecology.

Spis treści

Sampling in Applied Population Ecology.

The Role of Abiotic Factors.

Life Tables.

Resource Acquisition in Predator–Prey Systems.

Resource Acquisition and Allocation.

MODELING: A PREVIEW.

Simple Single–Species Models.

Simple Models of Multitropic Interactions.

Single–Species Models with Age Structure.

Realistic Age–Structured Multitrophic Models.

Regional Dynamics.

Ecosystem Sustainability.

Appendices.

References.

Indexes.

O autorze

Andrew Gutierrez, Professor Emeritus. Research Interests and Specializations: Systems ecology biological control. University of California, Berkeley, Ca.