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Population dynamics: new approaches and synthesis
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Table of Contents
Cover
TOCContents
Contributors
Preface
PART I: INTRODUCTION
CHChapter 1. Novel Approaches to the Study of Population Dynamics
I. Population Dynamics: A Brief Historical Review of the Major Concepts
II. Traditional and Novel Approaches to the Study of Population Dynamics
III. The Role of Herbivorous Insects in the Study of Population Dynamics
IV. Population Dynamics: The New (Pluralist) Synthesis
References
PART II: OBSERVATION AND COMPARATIVE APPROACHES
CHChapter 2. Population Regulation: Old Arguments and a New Synthesis
I. Introduction: The Never-Ending Debate
II. Definition of Population Regulation
III. Density-Dependence Tests
IV. So What Do the Data Say?
V. Beyond Density-Dependence Tests: Investigating the Structure of Population Regulation
VI. Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here?
References
CHChapter 3. Ecology, Life History, and Phylogeny of Outbreak and Nonoutbreak Species
I. Introduction
II. Methods
III. Results
IV. Discussion
References
CHChapter 4. Spatial Behavior and Temporal Dynamics of Outbreak and Nonoutbreak Species
I. Introduction
II. Comparative Studies
III. Toward an Explanation for Greater Temporal Variability in Species with Higher Spatial Variability
References
CHChapter 5. Minor Miners and Major Miners: Population Dynamics of Leaf-Mining Insects
I. Introduction
II. Abundance Patterns
III. Sources of Mortality
IV. Regulatory Effects of Variation in Mortality
V. Variation in Natality
VI. Case Studies
VII. Conclusions
References
PART III: MECHANISMS AND PROCESSES OF POPULATION DYNAMICS
CHChapter 6. Density-Dependent Dispersal and Its Consequences for Population Dynamics
I. Introduction
II. Evidence for Density-Dependent Dispersal
III. Consequences of Density-Dependent Dispersal for Local Population Dynamics
IV. Conclusions and Prospectus
References
CHChapter 7. Using Density-Manipulation Experiments to Study Population Regulation
I. Introduction
II. Review of Experimental Studies of the Past Twenty-Four Years
III. Guidelines for Experimental Studies of Regulation
IV. Beyond Local Regulation
V. How Far Can Experiments Get Us?
References
CHChapter 8. Butterfly Metapopulation Dynamics
I. Introduction
II. Four Necessary Conditions for Metapopulation-Level Regulation and Persistence of Species
III. The Incidence Function Model
IV. The Glanville Fritillary Melitaea cinxia
V. Other Butterfly Metapopulations
VI. Discussion
References
CHChapter 9. Internal Dynamics and Metapopulations: Experimental Tests with Predator-Prey Systems
I. Introduction
II. Experimental Manipulations of Panonychus ulmi on Apple
III. Metapopulation, Structure, Theoritical Predictions, and Spider Mite Populations
IV. Conclusions
References
CHChapter 10. Herbivore-Natural Enemy Interactions in Fragmented and Continuous Forests
I. Introduction
II. Methods
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