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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The mammalian reproductive tract - form and function -- Reproductive patterns in mammals -- Effects of the environment on reproduction -- Interactions between reproductive biology and life-history parameters -- The description and analysis of population dynamics -- The population dynamics of mammals -- The ecology of mammalian populations -- Man and mammalian populations.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Harmelin-Vivien -- Simulating large-scale population dynamics using small-scale data / Graham E. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The nature of ecology -- Climate -- The aquatic environment -- The terrestrial environment -- Adaptation and natural selection -- Plant adaptations to the environment -- Animal adaptations to the environment -- Properties of populations -- Population growth -- Life history -- Intraspecific population regulation -- Species interactions, population dynamics, and natural selection -- Interspecific competition -- Predation -- Parasitism and mutualism -- Community structure -- Factors influencing the structure of communities -- Community dynamics -- Landscape dynamics -- Ecosystem energetics -- Decomposition and nutrient cycling -- Biogeochemical cycles -- Terrestrial ecosystems -- Aquatic ecosystems -- Coastal and wetland ecosystems -- Large-scale patterns of biological diversity -- The ecology of climate change.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Adaptations to the physical environment: Water and nutrients -- Adaptations to the physical environment: Light, energy and heat -- Variation in the environment: Climate, water and soil -- The biome concept in ecology -- Evolution and adaptation -- Life histories and evolutionary fitness -- Sex and evolution -- Famil, society and evolution -- The distribution and spatial structure of populations -- Population growth and regulation -- Temporal and spatial dynamics of populations -- Population genetics -- Species interactions -- Dynamics of consumer-resource interactions -- Competition -- Evolution of species interactions -- Community structure -- Ecological succession and community development -- Biodiversity -- History, Biogeography, and biodiversity -- Energy in the ecosystem -- Pathways of elements in ecosystems -- Nutrient regeneration in terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems -- Landscape ecology -- Biodiversity, extinction, and conservation -- Economic development and global ecology.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction to ecology: historical foundations and developing frontiers -- Life on land -- Life in water -- Population genetics and natural selection -- Temperature relations -- Water relations -- Energy and nutrient relations -- Social relations -- Population distribution and abundance -- Population dynamics -- Population growth -- Life histories -- Competition -- Exploitative interactions: predation, herbivory, parasitism, and disease -- Mutualism -- Species abundance and diversity -- Species interactions and community structure -- Primary production and energy flow -- Nutrient cycling and retention -- Succession and stability -- Landscape ecology -- Geographic ecology -- Global ecology.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The physical environment ; The biosphere ; Coping with environmental variation : temperature and water ; Coping with environmental variation : energy ; Evolution and ecology -- Populations. Life history ; Population distribution and abundance ; Population growth and regulation ; Population dynamics -- Interaction among organisms. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Organisms in their environments: the evolutionary backdrop -- Conditions -- Resources -- Life, death and life histories -- Intraspecific competition -- Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations -- Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations: restoration, biosecurity and conservation -- Interspecific competition -- The nature of predation -- The population dynamics of predation -- Decomposers and detritivores -- Parasitism and disease -- Symbiosis and mutualism -- Abundance -- Ecological applications at the level of population interactions: pest control and harvest management -- The nature of the community: patterns in space and time -- The flux of energy through ecosystems -- The flux of matter through ecosystems -- The influence of population interactions on community structure -- Food webs -- Patterns in species richness -- Ecological applications at the level of communities and ecosystems: management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Organisms in their environments: the evolutionary backdrop -- Conditions -- Resources -- Life, death and life histories -- Intraspecific competition -- Dispersal, dormancy and metapopulations -- Ecological applications at the level of organisms and single-species populations: restoration, biosecurity and conservation -- Interspecific competition -- The nature of predation -- The population dynamics of predation -- Decomposers and detritivores -- Parasitism and disease -- Symbiosis and mutualism -- Abundance -- Ecological applications at the level of population interactions: pest control and harvest management -- The nature of the community: patterns in space and time -- The flux of energy through ecosystems -- The flux of matter through ecosystems -- The influence of population interactions on community structure -- Food webs -- Patterns in species richness -- Ecological applications at the level of communities and ecosystems: management based on the theory of succession, food webs, ecosystem functioning and biodiversity.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ecology of male relationships -- Social dynamics among males -- Population dynamics. 9. Developmental stages through the life span. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…The tropical environment -- Hot deserts and environmental factors -- Grasslands and primary production -- Savanna and population dynamics -- Lakes, energy flow and biogeochemical cycling -- Rivers, floodplains and estuaries: the flood-pulse and river continuum concepts -- Wetlands and succession -- Tropical rain forests and biodiversity -- Mountains, zonation and community gradients -- Mangroves, seagrasses and decomposition -- Coral reefs and community ecology -- Isolated habitats and biogeography: islands in the sea, air and land -- Cities and human ecology -- Global ecology: biodiversity conservation, climate change and sustainable development.…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Proulx -- Disturbance processes and dynamics in coastal dunes / Patrick A. Hesp and M. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Walker -- Biogeography of ferns / Michael Kessler -- Ecological insights from fern population dynamics / Joanne M. Sharpe and Klaus Mehltreter -- Nutrient ecology of ferns / Sarah J. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kunz ... [et al.] -- Population dynamics and survivorship in bats / Colin F.J. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Ch. 1: Mathematical Modeling in Biology -- Ch. 2: How to Construct a Model -- Ch. 3: Deriving Classic Models in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology -- Primer 1: Functions and Approximations -- Ch. 4: Numerical and Graphical Techniques-Developing a Feeling for Your Model -- Ch. 5: Equilibria and Stability Analyses-One-Variable Models -- Ch. 6: General Solutions and Transformations-One-Variable Models -- Primer 2: Linear Algebra -- Ch. 7: Equilibria and Stability Analyses-Linear Models with Multiple Variables -- Ch. 8: Equilibria and Stability Analyses-Nonlinear Models with Multiple Variables -- Ch. 9: General Solutions and Transformations-Models with Multiple Variables -- Ch. 10: Dynamics of Class-Structured Populations -- Ch. 11: Techniques for Analyzing Models with Periodic Behavior -- Ch. 12: Evolutionary Invasion Analysis -- Primer 3: Probability Theory -- Ch. 13: Probabilistic Models -- Ch. 14: Analyzing Discrete Stochastic Models -- Ch. 15: Analyzing Continuous Stochastic Models-Diffusion in Time and Space -- Appendix 1: Commonly Used Mathematical Rules -- Appendix 2: Some Important Rules from Calculus -- Appendix 3: The Perron-Frobenius Theorem -- Appendix 4: Finding Maxima and Minima of Functions -- Appendix 5: Moment-Generating Functions -- Index of Definitions, Recipes, and Rules -- General Index.…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: conflicting environmental philosophies -- Silviculture: a consilient discipline -- Oak-dominated ecosystems -- Regeneration ecology I: flowering, fruiting and reproduction characteristics -- Regeneration ecology II: population dynamics -- Site productivity -- Development of natural stands -- Self-thinning and stand density -- Even-aged silvicultural methods -- Uneven-aged silvicultural methods -- Silvicultural methods for multi-resource management -- Growth and yield -- Appendix 1: Common and scientific names of species mentioned -- Appendix 2: Forest cover types of eastern USA dominated by Oaks or Oaks mixed with other species -- Appendix 3: Forest cover types of western USA dominated by Oaks or Oaks mixed with other species -- Appendix 4: Formulae for converting site index (in feet at base age of 50) of one species to another in unglaciated regions of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia -- Appendix 5: Formulae for converting site indexes (in feet at base age 50) for Oaks and associated species from one species to another in three regions -- Appendix 6: Formulae for converting yellow-poplar site index to Oak site indexes in the Virginia-Carolina Piedmont -- Appendix 7: Parameter estimates for site index asymptotes (S) and species coefficients (b) for deriving height/dbh site index curves from equation 4.1 -- Appendix 8: Common conversions.…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Kappeler and Claudia Fichtel -- The northern muriqui (Brachyteles hypoxanthus): lessons on behavioral plasticity and population dynamics from a critically endangered species / Karen B. …”