Applied Population Ecology: A Supply-Demand Approach

by Andrew Paul Gutierrez

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471135869
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	04/05/1996
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	6.26(w) x 9.41(h) x 0.93(d)

About the Author

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

Table of Contents

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.

Editorial Reviews

Summarizes the author's lecture notes for a class in insect ecology, for students in applied ecology with a minimum of mathematics background. Section I outlines major arguments of the field, and examines aspects of sampling theory; poikilotherm development; life table theory and practice; and the functional response. Section II details specific models such as single-species models; models of multitropic interactions; and regional dynamics. Includes mathematical appendices. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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