Introduction to Population Ecology
Larry L. Rockwood
- Introduction
- to
- Population
- Ecology,
- 2nd
- Edition
- is
- a
- comprehensive
- textbook
- covering
- all
- aspects
- of
- population
- ecology.
- It
- uses
- a
- wide
- variety
- of
- field
- and
- laboratory
- examples,
- botanical
- to
- zoological,
- from
- the
- tropics
- to
- the
- tundra,
- to
- illustrate
- the
- fundamental
- laws
- of
- population
- ecology.
- Controversies
- in
- population
- ecology
- are
- brought
- fully
- up
- to
- date
- in
- this
- edition,
- with
- many
- brand
- new
- and
- revised
- examples
- and
- data.Each
- chapter
- provides
- an
- overview
- of
- how
- population
- theory
- has
- developed,
- followed
- by
- descriptions
- of
- laboratory
- and
- field
- studies
- that
- have
- been
- inspired
- by
- the
- theory.
- Topics
- explored
- include
- single-species
- population
- growth
- and
- self-limitation,
- life
- histories,
- metapopulations
- and
- a
- wide
- range
- of
- interspecific
- interactions
- including
- competition,
- mutualism,
- parasite-host,
- predator-prey
- and
- plant-herbivore.
- An
- additional
- final
- chapter,
- new
- for
- the
- second
- edition,
- considers
- multi-trophic
- and
- other
- complex
- interactions
- among
- species.Throughout
- the
- book,
- the
- mathematics
- involved
- is
- explained
- with
- a
- step-by-step
- approach,
- and
- graphs
- and
- other
visual
- aids
- are
- used
- to
- present
- a
- clear
- illustration
- of
- how
- the
- models
- work.
- Such
- features
- make
- this
- an
- accessible
- introduction
- to
- population
- ecology;
- essential
- reading
- for
- undergraduate
- and
- graduate
- students
- taking
- courses
- in
- population
- ecology,
- applied
- ecology,
- conservation
- ecology,
- and
- conservation
- biology,
- including
- those
- with
- little
- mathematical experience.
