A primer of ecology /
A Primer of Ecology 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. The Primer explains in detail basic c...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Sunderland, Mass. :
Sinauer Associates,
[2001]
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| Edition: | 3rd ed. |
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| Summary: | A Primer of Ecology 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. The Primer explains in detail basic concepts of exponential and logistic population growth, age-structured demography, metapopulation dynamics, competition, predation, island biogeography, and, in a chapter new to this edition, succession. The book may be used as a self-teaching tutorial by students, as a primary textbook, or as a supplemental text to a general ecology textbook. |
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| Physical Description: | xxi, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-255) and index. |
| ISBN: | 0878932739 9780878932733 |