This carefully structured laboratory manual explores, by means
of computer simulations, the key areas of population
dynamics through time. Using simply presented exercises, it
teaches the programming and analysing skills students need for
creating their own models of population change. In this way,
readers can contribute constructively to the conservation of
endangered species and the control of pest species.
* Focus on biology rather than mathematical procedures
* Introduces new techniques and shortcuts gradually with
carefully explained commands
* Includes an extensive glossary
Undergraduates and postgraduates taking courses in population
ecology, behavioural ecology and conservation will find this an
ideal accompaniment.
Table of Content
Preface.
Acknowledgements.
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: Effect 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 Minimize
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 to MATLAB Commands.
Index.
Color, Marker, and Line Styles for the Graphs.
About the author
Ruth Bernstein is the author of Population Ecology: An Introduction to Computer Simulations, published by Wiley.
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