Realistic Models in Population Ecology
WILLIAM STREIE'ER
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, 3180 Porter Drive,
Palo Alto, California 94304, U.S.A.
Preface
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I. Introduction
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11. Total Population Models
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111. Age-specific Models .
IV. Single Species Age-Size Specific Models
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A. Introduction
B. Model .
1. Growth Submodel
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2. Death Submodel
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3. Birthsubmodel
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C. Considerations Relevant to Multistage Species
D. Other Individual Attributes .
E. Bisexual Reproduction .
F. Heterogeneous Environments .
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A. Two-Species Interactions
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B. Many-Species Interactions
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VI. Critical Variable Formulation
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A. Introduction
B. Formulation .
C. Example
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D. Discussion and Extensions
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VII. Application of Age-Size Specific Models
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A. Daphniapulex
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1. Growth Function and Birth Rate
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2. Death Rates
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3. Solution .
4. Results .
1. Growth Function
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2. Birth Function b(m, 8 )
3. Parameters H, h, and T
4. Initial Mass Distribution p (m, 0 )
6. Solution .
6. Testing the Model for Critoal Dependence
7. Cannibalism
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8. Discussion and Extensions
VIII. Other Applications
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IX. Concluding Remarks
V. Species Interactions .
B. Dugeaiatigrim
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