LEADER 04594nam 2200841 a 450 001 9910452646703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-691-11440-4 010 $a0-691-16031-7 010 $a1-4008-4873-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9781400848737 035 $a(CKB)2550000001080093 035 $a(EBL)1205619 035 $a(OCoLC)854971915 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001037302 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12389766 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001037302 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11043538 035 $a(PQKB)11513527 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1205619 035 $a(OCoLC)851698058 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse49006 035 $a(DE-B1597)453963 035 $a(OCoLC)1013957158 035 $a(OCoLC)1029827889 035 $a(OCoLC)1032692970 035 $a(OCoLC)1037941944 035 $a(OCoLC)1041991341 035 $a(OCoLC)1046612265 035 $a(OCoLC)1046995555 035 $a(OCoLC)1049685321 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880692 035 $a(OCoLC)979746010 035 $a(OCoLC)984657262 035 $a(OCoLC)987921989 035 $a(OCoLC)992527694 035 $a(OCoLC)999360083 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781400848737 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1205619 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10726017 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL501892 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001080093 100 $a20130515d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPopulation ecology$b[electronic resource] $efirst principles /$fJohn H. Vandermeer, Deborah E. Goldberg 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aPrinceton, N.J. $cPrinceton University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (289 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-691-16030-9 311 $a1-299-70641-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tFigures -- $tTables -- $tPreface -- $t1. Elementary Population Dynamics -- $t2. Projection Matrices: Structured Models -- $t3. Applications of Simple Population Models -- $t4. A Closer Look at the "Dynamics" in Population Dynamics -- $t5. Patterns and Dynamics in Space -- $t6. Predator-Prey (Consumer-Resource) Interactions -- $t7. Disease Ecology -- $t8. Competition -- $t9. Facilitation and Mutualism -- $t10. What This Book Was About -- $tGlossary -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aEcology is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change, species extinctions, and habitat destruction becoming ever more prominent. At the same time, the science of ecology has advanced dramatically, growing in mathematical and theoretical sophistication. Here, two leading experts present the fundamental quantitative principles of ecology in an accessible yet rigorous way, introducing students to the most basic of all ecological subjects, the structure and dynamics of populations. John Vandermeer and Deborah Goldberg show that populations are more than simply collections of individuals. Complex variables such as distribution and territory for expanding groups come into play when mathematical models are applied. Vandermeer and Goldberg build these models from the ground up, from first principles, using a broad range of empirical examples, from animals and viruses to plants and humans. They address a host of exciting topics along the way, including age-structured populations, spatially distributed populations, and metapopulations. This second edition of Population Ecology is fully updated and expanded, with additional exercises in virtually every chapter, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive textbook of its kind. Provides an accessible mathematical foundation for the latest advances in ecology Features numerous exercises and examples throughout Introduces students to the key literature in the field The essential textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students An online illustration package is available to professors 606 $aPopulation biology$xMathematical models 606 $aEcology$xMathematical models 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPopulation biology$xMathematical models. 615 0$aEcology$xMathematical models. 676 $a577.88 700 $aVandermeer$b John H$0478830 701 $aGoldberg$b Deborah E$01030171 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452646703321 996 $aPopulation ecology$92446971 997 $aUNINA