Complex population dynamics a theoretical/empirical synthesis - Turchin, Peter 1957- (Princeton University Press, 2003)
pt. I. - Theory -- - 1 - Introduction -- - 1.1 - At the Sources -- - 1.2 - General Philosophy of the Approach -- - 2 - Population Dynamics from First Principles -- - 2.1 - Introduction -- - 2.2 - Exponential Growth -- - 2.3 - Self-Limitation -- - 2.4 - Consumer-Resource Oscillations -- - 2.5 - Process Order -- - 2.6 - Synthesis -- - 3 - Single-Species Populations -- - 3.1 - Models without Population Structure -- - 3.2 - Exogenous Drivers -- - 3.3 - Age- and Stage-Structured Models -- - 3.4 - Second-Order Models -- - 3.5 - Synthesis -- - 4 - Trophic Interactions -- - 4.1 - Responses to Predators to Fluctuations in Prey Density -- - 4.2 - Continuous-Time Models -- - 4.3 - Discrete-Time Models: Parasitoids -- - 4.4 - Grazing Systems -- - 4.5 - Pathogens and Parasites
Why do organisms become extremely abundant one year and then seem to disappear a few years later? Why do population outbreaks in particular species happen more or less regularly in certain locations, but only irregularly (or never at all) in other locations? Complex population dynamics have fascinated biologists for decades. By bringing together mathematical models, statistical analyses, and field experiments, this book offers a comprehensive new synthesis of the theory of population oscillations