04058nam 2200625Ia 450 991101949440332120200520144314.09786612456633978128245663112824566369781444318593144431859497814443186091444318608(CKB)2550000000002831(SSID)ssj0000336927(PQKBManifestationID)11273635(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000336927(PQKBWorkID)10282348(PQKB)11150219(MiAaPQ)EBC477891(Perlego)2758074(EXLCZ)99255000000000283120091006d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDynamics of large herbivore populations in changing environments towards appropriate models /edited by Norman Owen-SmithHoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell2010xiii, 201 p"This book originated from a working group established at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS) at the University of California, Santa Barbara"--Pref.9781405198950 1405198958 9781405198943 140519894X Definitive case studies / Norman Owen-Smith and Jason P. Marshal -- The suite of population models / Norman Owen-Smith -- Climatic influences : temperate-tropical contrasts / Norman Owen-Smith -- Demographic processes : lessons from long-term, individual-based studies / Jean-Michel Gaillard, Tim Coulson and Marco Festa-Bianchet -- Irruptive dynamics and vegetation interactions / John E. Gross, Iain J. Gordon and Norman Owen-Smith -- How does landscape heterogeneity shape dynamics of large herbivore populations? / N. Thompson Hobbs and Iain J. Gordon -- Towards an ecology of population dynamics / Norman Owen-Smith.This book aims to reconcile theoretical models of population dynamics with what is currently known about the population dynamics of large mammalian herbivores. It arose from a working group established at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis at the University of California, Santa Barbara, to address the need for models that better accommodate environmental variability, especially for herbivores dependent on changing vegetation resources. The initial chapter reviews findings from definitive long-term studies of certain other ungulate populations, many based on individually identifiable animals. Other chapters cover climatic influences, emphasising temperate versus tropical contrasts, and demographic processes underlying population dynamics, more generally. There are new assessments of irruptive population dynamics, and of the consequences of landscape heterogeneity for herbivore populations. An initial review of candidate population models is followed up by a final chapter outlining how these models might be modified to better accommodate environmental variability. The contents provide a foundation for resolving problems of diminishing large mammal populations in Africa, over-abundant ungulate populations elsewhere, and general consequences of global change for biodiversity conservation. This book will serve as a definitive outline of what is currently known about the population dynamics of large herbivores. UngulatesEcologyHerbivoresEcologyMammal populationsMathematical modelsUngulatesEcology.HerbivoresEcology.Mammal populationsMathematical models.599.6/17Owen-Smith R. Norman1840124National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9911019494403321Dynamics of large herbivore populations in changing environments4419626UNINA