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A knowledge of animal population dynamics is essential for the proper management of natural resources and the environment. This book, now available in paperback, develops basic concepts and a rigorous methodology for the analysis of animal population dynamics to identify the underlying mechanisms.
List of contents
One Theoretical Bases of Population Dynamics.- 1 Basic properties and structure of population processes.- 2 Structures and patterns of population processes.- 3 Statistical analysis of population fluctuations.- 4 Population process models.- Two Analysis of Classic Cases.- 5 Analysis of the lynx 10-year cycle.- 6 Snowshoe hare demography.- 7 Density effects on the dynamics of a single-species population: Utida's experiments on the azuki bean weevil.- 8 Dynamics of a host-parasitoid interaction system: Utida's experimental study.- 9 Dynamics of the spruce budworm outbreak processes.- Epilogue.- References.- Author Index.
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Reviews from the hardback: ...an exciting journey through Dr Royama's wide experience ... - Bulletin of Mathematical Biology; ...of interest to a wide range of applied and theoretical biologists. - Ethology, Ecology and Evolution; ... Part I is interesting and highly readable. I have no reservations about Part II of Royama's book. In it, he presents a marvelous review of four classic studies of population dynamics: the Canadian lynx, the snowshoe hare, Utida's experiments on the azuki bean weevil (including, in a separate chapter, the interaction with the braconid wasp), and the spruce budworm. Royama reveals himself to be practical and generaly non-dogmatic in his approach to modelling. As in Part I, his writing is lively. Overall, I recommend this book - particularly Part II - to anyone interested in modelling the dynamics of biological populations with the following proviso - Ecology
