Table of Contents
PPT Slide
Reading Assignments
Calculating Growth Rates
“Big-Bang” Reproduction (?)
Continuous Growth
Variation and The Mean
Stochastic Factors Revisited
Demographic Stochasticity
Demographic Stochasticity
Demographic Stochasticity: Density
Grizzly Bears
Whooping Cranes
“First Law of Ecology”
Population Regulation
Density-Independent Growth
Density-Dependent Growth
Density-Dependent Growth
Mechanisms of DD
Where Are We Measuring “r”
Positive Mean r
Zero Mean r
Negative Mean r
Habitat Fragmentation
Negative mean r
Estimating K
Estimating K for Maned Wolves
Estimating K for Maned Wolves
K in Conservation Biology
Regulation of populations at low population densities
The Allee Effect
The Allee Effect
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