Royama Analytical Population Dynamics

1992
ISBN: 978-94-011-2916-9
Verlag: Springer Netherland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, Band 10, 371 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Population and Community Biology Series

A knowledge of animal population dynamics is essential for the proper management of natural resources and the environment. This book, now available in paperback, develops basic concepts and a rigorous methodology for the analysis of animal population dynamics to identify the underlying mechanisms.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Royama, T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

One Theoretical Bases of Population Dynamics.- 1 Basic properties and structure of population processes.- 2 Structures and patterns of population processes.- 3 Statistical analysis of population fluctuations.- 4 Population process models.- Two Analysis of Classic Cases.- 5 Analysis of the lynx 10-year cycle.- 6 Snowshoe hare demography.- 7 Density effects on the dynamics of a single-species population: Utida’s experiments on the azuki bean weevil.- 8 Dynamics of a host—parasitoid interaction system: Utida’s experimental study.- 9 Dynamics of the spruce budworm outbreak processes.- Epilogue.- References.- Author Index.