Population Ecology, Ruth Bernstein
An Introduction to Computer Simulations

Table of Contents

Preface
Acknowledgements
EXERCISE1 – Exponential Population Growth
EXERCISE 2 – Population Invasions
EXERCISE 3 – The Leslie Matrix: Age Structured
EXERCISE 4 – The Leslie Matrix: Stage Structured
EXERCISE 5 – Metapopulation Dynamics
EXERCISE 6 – Logistic Population Growth
EXERCISE 7 – Interspeci¢c Competition and Coexistence
EXERCISE 8 – Interspeci¢c Competition and Geographic Distributions
EXERCISE 9 – Predator -Prey Dynamics: Introduction to the Model
EXERCISE10 – Predator-Prey Dynamics: E¡ect of Predator Efficiency
EXERCISE11 – Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ejects of Social Behavior
EXERCISE12 – Predator-Prey Dynamics: Ejects of Carrying Capacity and Satiation
EXERCISE13 – Predator-Prey Dynamics: Harvesting a Prey Population
EXERCISE14 – Optimal Foraging: Searching Predators that Minimize Time
EXERCISE15 – Optimal Foraging: Searching Predators that Maximize Energy
EXERCISE16 – Optimal Foraging: Sit-and-wait Predators that Maximize Energy
EXERCISE 17 – Optimal Foraging: Pollinators
EXERCISE18 – Microparasite-Host Dynamics
EXERCISE19 – Macroparasite-Host Dynamics
EXERCISE 20 – Parasitoid-Host Dynamics
EXERCISE 21 – Conserving an Endangered Species
EXERCISE 22 – Controlling an Invasive Species
Glossary of MATLAB Commands
Index
Color, Marker, and Line Style for the Graphs