Complex Population Dynamics

A Theoretical/Empirical Synthesis (MPB-35)

By:

Peter Turchin

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Monographs in Population Biology

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Why do organisms become extremely abundant one year and then seem to disappear a few years later? Why do population outbreaks in particular species happen more or less regularly in certain locations, but only irregularly (or never at all) in other locations? Complex population dynamics have fascinated biologists for decades. By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive synthesis of the theory of population oscillations. Peter Turchin first reviews the conceptual tools that ecologists use to investigate population oscillations, introducing population modelling and the statistical analysis of time series data. He then provides an in-depth discussion of several case studies - including the larch budmoth, southern pine beetle, red grouse, voles and lemmings, snowshoe hare, and ungulates - to develop a new analysis of the mechanisms that drive population oscillations in nature. Through such work, the author argues, ecologists can develop general laws of population dynamics that will help turn ecology into a truly quantitative and predictive science. "Complex Population Dynamics" integrates theoretical and empiric

Author Biography:

Peter Turchin is Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Connecticut. He is the author of "Quantitative Analysis of Movement" and more than sixty scientific articles, including several in "Nature and Science".

Release date NZ

February 2nd, 2003

Author

Peter Turchin

Audiences

Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Illustrations

13 tables. 59 line illus.

Pages

472

Series

Monographs in Population Biology

Dimensions

127x203x29

ISBN-13

9780691090214

Product ID

2406560

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