Population ecology : an introduction to computer simulations / Ruth Bernstein.

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Published: West Sussex, England ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2003.
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Table of Contents:
  • Exercise 1. Exponential Population Growth
  • Exercise 2. Population Invasions
  • Exercise 3. The Leslie Matrix: Age Structured
  • Exercise 4. The Leslie Matrix: Stage Structured
  • Exercise 5. Metapopulation Dynamics
  • Exercise 6. Logistic Population Growth
  • Exercise 7. Interspecific Competition and Coexistence
  • Exercise 8. Interspecific Competition and Geographic Distributions
  • Exercise 9. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Introduction to the Model
  • Exercise 10. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Effect of Predator Efficiency
  • Exercise 11. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Effects of Social Behavior
  • Exercise 12. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Effects of Carrying Capacity and Satiation
  • Exercise 13. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Harvesting a Prey Population
  • Exercise 14. Optimal Foraging: Searching Predators that Minimize Time
  • Exercise 15. Optimal Foraging: Searching Predators that Maximize Energy
  • Exercise 16. Optimal Foraging: Sit-and-wait Predators that Maximize Energy
  • Exercise 17. Optimal Foraging: Pollinators
  • Exercise 18. Microparasite-Host Dynamics
  • Exercise 19. Macroparasite-Host Dynamics
  • Exercise 20. Parasitoid-Host Dynamics
  • Exercise 21. Conserving an Endangered Species
  • Exercise 22. Controlling an Invasive Species
  • Glossary of MATLAB Commands
  • Color, Marker, and Line Style for the Graphs.