Animal population ecology comprises the study of variations, regulation, and interactions of animal populations. This book discusses the fundamental notions and findings of animal populations on which most of the ecological studies are based. In particular, the author selects the logistic law of population growth, the nature of competition, sociality as an antithesis of competition, the mechanism underlying the regulation of populations, predator-prey interaction processes, and interactions among closely related species competing over essential resources. These are the notions that are...

Comprises ten selected topics as chapters. Each of these focuses on the subject that is, despite its fundamental importance, still inadequately understood or even misunderstood in the current ecology. A must-have for advanced students of ecology, established ecologists, as well as mathematicians who are interested in ecological applications.