Quantitative Ecological Theory An Introduction to Basic Models

This is an inadvertent book, though it did arise naturally enough from a course I give in theoretical ecology. But I wouldn't have given the course at all if one colleague in my department hadn't left for a leave of absence, while another abruptly resigned. This propelled me to the fore wh...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rose, M.R.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1987, 1987
Edition:1st ed. 1987
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Special Cases
  • 2.2 Classical Lotka-Volterra Model
  • 2.3 General Continuous-Time Models
  • 2.4 Discrete-Time Models
  • 2.5 Symbiosis
  • 2.6 Exercises
  • 3. Predation
  • 3.1 Lotka-Volterra Models
  • 3.2 Generalized Predator-Prey Models
  • 3.3 Discrete-Time Models
  • 3.4 Parasitoid Models
  • 3.5 Exercises
  • 4. Simple Ecosystems
  • 4.1 Two Predators and One Prey
  • 4.2 One Predator and Two Prey
  • 4.3 Three-Species Food Chains
  • 4.4 Exercises
  • 5. Complex Ecosystems
  • 5.1 Local Equilibrium Stability
  • 5.2 Global Complex Ecosystem Dynamics
  • 6. Migration
  • 6.1 Population Growth with Migration
  • 6.2 Competition with Migration
  • 6.3 Predation with Migration
  • 6.4 Ecosystems with Migration
  • 6.5 Exerci