edited by R.M. Sibly, J. Hone, and T.H. Clutton-Brock.
New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
viii, 362 pages :
illustrations ;
24 cm
"First published as Population growth rate: determining factors and role in population regulation, Philosophical Transactions of The Royal Society, B, vol. 357, no. 1425, pp. 1147-1320."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 308-345).
Introduction to wildlife population growth rates / Richard M. Sibly, Jim Hone and Tim H. Clutton-Brock -- Population growth rate and its determinants: an overview / Richard M. Sibly and Jim Hone -- Demographic, mechanistic and density-dependent determinants of population growth rate: a case study in an avian predator / Jim Hone and Richard M. Sibly -- Estimating density dependence in the time-series of age-structured populations / R. Lande, S. Engen and B.-E. Sæther -- Pattern of variation in avian population growth rates / Bernt-Erik Sæther and Steinar Engen -- Determinants of human population growth / Wolfgang Lutz and Ren Qiang -- Two complementary paradigms for analysing population dynamics / Charles J. Krebs -- Complex numerical responses to top-down and bottom-up processes in vertebrate populations / A.R.E. Sinclair and Charles J. Krebs -- The numerical response: rate of increase and food limitation in herbivores and predators / Peter Bayliss and David Choquenot -- Populations in variable environments: the effect of variability in a species' primary resource / Stephen A. Davis, Roger P. Pech and Edward A. Catchpole -- Trophic interactions and population growth rates: describing patterns and identifying mechanisms / Peter J. Hudson [and others] -- Behavioural models of population growth rates: implications for conservation and prediction / William J. Sutherland and Ken Norris -- Comparative ungulate dynamics: the devil is in the detail / T.H. Clutton-Brock and T. Coulson -- Population growth rate as a basis for ecological risk assessment of toxic chemicals / Valery E. Forbes and Peter Calow -- Population growth rates: issues and an application / H. Charles J. Godfray and Mark Rees.
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The core message of this study is that key insights emerge from understanding what determines population growth rate, and that application of the approach will make ecology a more predictive science. What determines where a species lives? And what determines its abundance? Despite great progress in the twentieth century, much more remains to be done before we can provide full answers to these classic questions in ecology. This book takes an original approach by describing and deploying progressive research methods.