Population Dynamics: New Approaches and Synthesis / Edition 1

by Naomi Cappuccino, Peter W. Price

Overview

An understanding of the dynamics of populations is critically important to ecologists, evolutionary biologists, wildlife managers, foresters, and many other biologists. This edited treatise brings together the latest research on how populations fluctuate in size, the factors that drive these changes, and the theories explaining how populations are regulated. The book also includes specific chapters dealing with insects of economic importance.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780121592707
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	08/23/1995
Pages:	429
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction.
N. Cappuccino, Novel Approaches to the Study of Population Dynamics.
Observation and Comparative Approaches:
P. Turchin, Population Regulation: Old Arguments and a New Synthesis.
A.F. Hunter, Ecology, Life History and Phylogeny of Outbreak and Nonoutbreak Species.
N. Cappuccino, H. Damman, and J.-F. Dubuc, Spatial Behavior and Temporal Dynamics of Outbreak and Nonoutbreak Species.
M.J. Auerbach, E.F. Connor, and S. Mopper, Minor Miners and Major Miners: Population Dynamics of Leaf-Mining Insects.
Mechanisms and Processes of Population Dynamics:
R.F. Denno and M.A. Peterson, Density-Dependent Dispersal and its Consequences for Population Dynamics.
S. Harrison and N. Cappuccino, Using Density-Manipulation Experiments to Study Population Regulation.
I. Hanski and M. Kuussaari, Butterfly Metapopulation Dynamics.
S.J. Walde, Internal Dynamics and Metapopulations: Experimental Tests with Predator-Prey Systems.
J. Roland and P.D. Taylor, Herbivore-Natural Enemy Interactions in Fragmented and Continuous Forests.
G. Dwyer, Simple Models and Complex Interactions.
J.H. Myers and L. Rothman, Field Experiments to Study Regulation of Fluctuating Populations.
M.C. Rossiter, Impact of Life History Evolution on Population Dynamics: Predicting the Presence of Maternal Effects.
Case Studies:
C. Solbreck, Long-Term Population Dynamics of a Seed-Feeding Insect in a Landscape Perspective.
T. Ohgushi, Adaptive Behavior Produces Stability in Herbivorous Lady Beetle Populations.
P.W. Price, T.P. Craig, and H. Roininen, Working Toward Theory on Galling Sawfly Population Dynamics.
J.D. Reeve, M.P. Ayres, and P.L. Lorio, Host Suitability, Predation, and Bark Beetle Population Dynamics.
G.E. Belovsky and A. Joern, The Dominance of Different Regulating Factors for Rangeland Grasshoppers.
Conclusion:
P.W. Price and M.D. Hunter, Novelty and Synthesis in the Development of Population Dynamics.
Subject Index.

Editorial Reviews

"Cappuccino and Price have brought together contributions that demonstrate a renaissance of population dynamics studies in the last decade." —Michael W. Palmer, Oklahoma State University, in ECOLOGY

"The editors have done an excellent job in assembling authors with fresh ideas and insightful perspectives. The chapters are remarkably good, and the book would be excellent for graduate student seminars, with each chapter providing ample material for discussion." —TRENDS IN ECOLOGY AND EVOLUTION

From the Publisher

For ecologists, evolutionary biologists, wildlife managers, foresters, and other biologists, this volume brings together a cross-section of current research from the field of population dynamics, including examples of observational, experimental, and theoretical approaches, as well as studies that combine these approaches. As well as containing abundant references, the articles provide a critical assessment of their approach, point out past obstacles, and indicate questions remaining to be explored. Specific chapters dealing with insects of special economic importance are included. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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