Primer of Ecology - 4th ed

Informationen zum Autor Nicholas J. Gotelli is Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Vermont. He graduated with a B.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and earned his Ph.D. at Florida State University. Dr. Gotelli currently serves on the Board of Editors of Ecology. His research interests include: experimental invertebrate community ecology; metapopulation dynamics; parasite ecology and the evolution of host behavior; and biogeography and island biology. Klappentext This book presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological models and the mathematics behind them by deriving the models from first principles. Zusammenfassung This book presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological models and the mathematics behind them by deriving the models from first principles. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Exponential Population Growth 2: Logistic Population Growth 3: Age-Structured Population Growth 4: Metapopulation Dynamics 5: Competition 6: Predation 7: Island Biogeography 8: Succession 9: Measuring Species Diversity

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas J. Gotelli, Gotelli Nicholas J.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.07.2008
• EAN: 9780878933181
• ISBN: 978-0-87893-318-1
• No. of pages: 265
• Dimensions: 154 mm x 230 mm x 16 mm
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology; Population, Geography, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, Ecology, growth, Applied ecology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Biogeography, Species richness