A Primer of Ecology

This book presents a concise but detailed exposition of the most common mathematical models in population and community ecology. It is intended to demystify ecological models and the mathematics behind them by deriving the models from first principles.

Nicholas J. Gotelli is Professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Vermont.

Exponential Population Growth	p. 1
Logistic Population Growth	p. 25
Age-Structured Population Growth	p. 49
Metapopulation Dynamics	p. 81
Competition	p. 99
Predation	p. 125
Island Biogeography	p. 155
Succession	p. 179
Measuring Species Diversity	p. 203
Appendix	p. 225
Solutions to Problems	p. 237
Glossary	p. 255
Literature Cited	p. 273
Index	p. 283
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