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Check for Availabilityout of stock. Click on the button below to search for this title in other formats.  Plant and Animal Populations: Methods in Demography
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:This text/reference addresses the ever-increasing challenges of documenting population demographic changes, and will serve as a bridge from introductory ecology to both applied and theoretical demography. It emphasizes the analysis of population data taken from a wide variety of organisms, including terrestrial and aquatic plants and animals found in habitats from equatorial rain forests to the arctic tundra. The book also contains computer programs that are written in BASIC and include tools for population projection, matrix analysis using both sensitivity and elasticity, individual growth and survival models, and the analysis of size-frequency distributions. Key Features * Includes BASIC programs for analysis of capture-recapture data, matrices, growth models, size-frequency distribution, survival models, and many others * Contains worked examples from a wide range of animals and plants * Emphasizes actual data Book News Annotation:Drawing from his graduate course, Ebert (biology, State U. of San
Diego) introduces students who have completed an elementary course in
ecology to the analysis of animal and plant life cycles as a central
element in managing and conserving species. He emphasizes analyzing
population data from a wide variety of organisms, and makes examples
of terrestrial and aquatic plants and of animals from equatorial rain
forests to the arctic tundra. He includes computer programs in BASIC
for population projection, matrix analysis using sensitivity and
elasticity, individual growth and survival models, and analyzing
size- frequency distributions.
Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews@booknews.com) Review:"This book presents a complete course in single-species demographic analysis, combined with a series of computer programs and algorithms that perform the numerically dependent routines. It provides lots of useful information and techniques and provides a comprehensive introduction to the analytical side of demographic modeling. This book could form the basis for a good course in demographic modeling. I would certainly recommend this book to anyone looking for a reasonably readable bridge into the daunting world of demographic analysis." --Robert P. Freckleton in ECOLOGY (July 1999) "This is an excellent book, well fitted to its intended purpose." --Jonathan Silvertown in JOURNAL OF ECOLOGY (1999) "What it does it does soundly, providing anyone with demographic data from animal or plant populations with the standard methodology for its analysis." --Laurence Cook in BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL OF THE LINNEAN SOCIETY Synopsis:f size-frequency distributions. Certain to be widely used both as a text and as a reference, Plant and Animal Populations addresses the ever-increasing challenges of documenting population demographic changes. Synopsis:raphic changes. Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 295-308) and index. Table of Contentsraphs. The Leslie Matrix. Transient Behavior in Population Growth. Sensitivity Analysis. Stage-Structured Demography. Size-Structured Demography. Confidence Intervals for S. Growth Functions for Individuals. General Functions Describing Survival. The Size-Structure of Populations. Macroparameters. Bibliography. Subject Index. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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