Population Ecology First Principles, Second Edition

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Synopsis

Ecology is capturing the popular imagination like never before, with issues such as climate change, species extinctions, and habitat destruction becoming ever more prominent. At the same time, the science of ecology has advanced dramatically, growing in mathematical and theoretical sophistication. Here, two leading experts present the fundamental quantitative principles of ecology in an accessible yet rigorous way, introducing students to the most basic of all ecological subjects, the structure and dynamics of populations.
John Vandermeer and Deborah Goldberg show that populations are more than simply collections of individuals. Complex variables such as distribution and territory for expanding groups come into play when mathematical models are applied. Vandermeer and Goldberg build these models from the ground up, from first principles, using a broad range of empirical examples, from animals and viruses to plants and humans. They address a host of exciting topics along the way, including age-structured populations, spatially distributed populations, and metapopulations.
This second edition of Population Ecology is fully updated and expanded, with additional exercises in virtually every chapter, making it the most up-to-date and comprehensive textbook of its kind.

Provides an accessible mathematical foundation for the latest advances in ecology
Features numerous exercises and examples throughout
Introduces students to the key literature in the field
The essential textbook for advanced undergraduates and graduate students
An online illustration package is available to professors

Book details

Author:
John H. Vandermeer, Deborah E. Goldberg
ISBN:
9781400848737
Related ISBNs:
9780691114408, 9780691114415, 9780691160306, 9780691160313
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pages:
N/A
Reading age:
Not specified
Includes images:
No
Date of addition:
2017-09-23
Usage restrictions:
Copyright
Copyright date:
2013
Copyright by:
Princeton University Press 
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Categories:
Nonfiction, Science