Screen LibraryPopulation dynamics for conservation /
This book outlines concepts such as population variability, population stability, population viability and persistance, and harvest yield. Also addressed are specific applications to conservation such as managing species at risk, fishery management, and the spatial manageement of marine resources.--...
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Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford : |
| Publication Dates: | 2019. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Summary: |
This book outlines concepts such as population variability, population stability, population viability and persistance, and harvest yield. Also addressed are specific applications to conservation such as managing species at risk, fishery management, and the spatial manageement of marine resources.--Adapted from back cover. |
| Carrier Form: | xiii, 338 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages [315]-336) and index. |
| ISBN: |
9780198758372 0198758375 9780198758365 0198758367 |
| Index Number: | QH352 |
| CLC: | Q141 |
| Call Number: | Q141/B749 |
| Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1.Philosophical approach to population modeling -- 1.1.Simplicity versus complexity, and four characteristics of models -- 1.2.Logical basis for population modeling -- 1.2.1.Deductive reasoning and the scientific uses of modeling -- 1.2.2.Inductive reasoning and practical applications of modeling -- 1.2.3.Consequences of deductive and inductive logic for population dynamics -- 1.3.The state of a system -- 1.3.1.Models of i-states and p-states -- 1.3.2.Individual based models (IBM) -- 1.4.Uncertainty and population models -- 1.5.Levels of integration in ecolog |