
Matrix Population Models
Construction, Analysis, and Interpretation
Hal Caswell(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
2nd Edition
Published on 27. March 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
746 pages
978-0-87893-121-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides a complete treatment of matrix population models and their applications in ecology and demography. It is written for graduate students and researchers in ecology, population biology, conservation biology and human demography.
Reviews / Votes
For those with a taste for mathematical elegance and an interest in the full array of approaches available for modeling populations with complex life cycles, this book is a must. * Larry Barnthouse, SETAC Globe * Both the scope of issues and the means by which they are exposed show the author's desire to create a book that might be interesting and useful not only for the beginner, but for the expert too. Hal Caswell has succeeded remarkably in doing both. * Dmitrii O. Logofet, Ecological Modelling * To say that the extent of material covered in this book is impressive is an understatement. If your research endeavors include population biology, or you teach a course in population biology, you need this text. * Floyd W. Weckerly, Natural Resource Modeling *More details
Edition
2nd ed. 2006
Language
English
Place of publication
Sunderland
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 233 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1263 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-87893-121-7 (9780878931217)
Schweitzer Classification
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Person
Hal Caswell is a Senior Scientist in the Biology Department at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, where he holds the Robert W. Morse Chair for Excellence in Oceanography. He earned a Ph.D. in Zoology in 1974 at Michigan State University. In addition to Matrix Population Models, Dr. Caswell is a coauthor (with S. Tuljapurkar) of Structured Population Models in Marine, Terrestrial and Freshwater Systems (Chapman and Hall, 1997). A former Guggenheim Fellow and a Fellow of AAAS, he has also served as Chairman of the Theoretical Ecology Section of the Ecological Society of America. Dr. Caswell's research interests include mathematical ecology, structured population models, stochastic models for spatial processes, conservation of marine mammals and seabirds, plant population ecology, ecotoxicology, and nonlinear dynamics in ecology.
Content
PrefacePreface to the First Edition1. Introduction2. Age-classified Matrix Models3. Stage-Classified Life Cycles4. Stage-Classified Matrix Models5. Events in the Life Cycle6. Parameter Estimation7. Analysis of the Life Cycle Graph8. Structured Population Models9. Sensitivity Analysis10. Life Table Response Experiments11. Evolutionary Demography12. Statistical Inference13. Periodic Environments14. Environmental Stochasticity15. Demographic Stochasticity16. Density-Dependent Models17. Two-Sex Models18. Conservation and Management19. Concluding RemarksAppendix: The Basics of Matrix AlgebraBibliographyCopyright PermissionsIndex