دانلود کتاب Size-Structured Populations: Ecology and Evolution

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Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Prolog....Pages 1-2
Introduction Dynamics of Size-Structured Populations: An Overview....Pages 3-9
Front Matter....Pages 11-11
The Evolution of Size in Size-Structured Populations....Pages 13-28
Path Analysis of Ontogenetic Data....Pages 29-46
The Measurement of Selection on Size and Growth....Pages 47-59
Size, Scaling, and the Evolution of Complex Life Cycles....Pages 60-81
Front Matter....Pages 83-83
Approaching Size and Age in Matrix Population Models....Pages 85-105
Population Models Incorporating Physiological Structure: A Quick Survey of the Basic Concepts and an Application to Size-Structured Population Dynamics in Waterfleas....Pages 106-126
Dynamics of Age- and Size-Structured Populations: Intraspecific Competition....Pages 127-139
Maximum Sustainable Yields and the Self-Renewal of Exploited Populations with Age-Dependent Vital Rates....Pages 140-154
Front Matter....Pages 155-155
Interactions Between Growing Predators and Growing Prey....Pages 157-172
Resource Depletion and Habitat Segregation by Competitors Under Predation Hazard....Pages 173-184
Exploitation Competition and the Evolution of Interference, Cannibalism, and Intraguild Predation in Age/Size-Structured Populations....Pages 185-202
Asymmetries in Competitive and Predatory Interactions in Fish Populations....Pages 203-218
Trophic Relations and Ontogenetic Niche Shifts in Aquatic Ecosystems....Pages 219-235
Community Responses to Experimental Nutrient Perturbations in Oligotrophic Lakes: The Importance of Bottlenecks in Size-Structured Populations....Pages 236-255
Front Matter....Pages 257-257
Self-Thinning of Plant Populations Dictated by Packing Density and Individual Growth Geometry and Relationships Between Animal Population Density and Body Mass Governed by Metabolic Rate....Pages 259-279
Back Matter....Pages 281-284