| Description |
1 online resource (471 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Monographs in population biology ; 35
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Monographs in population biology ; 35.
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| Contents |
pt. I. Theory -- 1. Introduction -- 1.1. At the Sources -- 1.2. General Philosophy of the Approach -- 2. Population Dynamics from First Principles -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. Exponential Growth -- 2.3. Self-Limitation -- 2.4. Consumer-Resource Oscillations -- 2.5. Process Order -- 2.6. Synthesis -- 3. Single-Species Populations -- 3.1. Models without Population Structure -- 3.2. Exogenous Drivers -- 3.3. Age- and Stage-Structured Models -- 3.4. Second-Order Models -- 3.5. Synthesis -- 4. Trophic Interactions -- 4.1. Responses to Predators to Fluctuations in Prey Density -- 4.2. Continuous-Time Models -- 4.3. Discrete-Time Models: Parasitoids -- 4.4. Grazing Systems -- 4.5. Pathogens and Parasites. |
| Summary |
Why do organisms become extremely abundant one year and then seem to disappear a few years later? Why do population outbreaks in particular species happen more or less regularly in certain locations, but only irregularly (or never at all) in other locations? Complex population dynamics have fascinated biologists for decades. By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive new synthesis of the theory of population oscillations. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Population biology.
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Population biology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Turchin, Peter. Complex Population Dynamics : A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2013 9780691090214 |
| ISBN |
9781400847280 (electronic book) |
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1400847281 (electronic book) |
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0691090211 |
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9780691090214 |
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0691090203 (alkaline paper) |
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0691090211 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780691090214 |
| Standard No. |
9780691090214 |
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