Introduction to population biology / Dick Neal, University of Saskatchewan, Canada.

By:

Neal, Dick, 1943- [author.]

Contributor(s):

Dick Neal

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2019Edition: Second editionDescription: xv,444 pages. 24cmISBN:

9781107605121 (paperback : alk. paper)

Subject(s):

Population biology

DDC classification:

577.88 NEA

Contents:

Part I : Evolution by natural selection. Darwin questions the fixity of species -- Darwin's evolutionary theories -- Understanding natural selection -- Part II : Population growth models. Exponential growth -- Logistic growth -- Life tables -- Growth of age-structured and stage-structured populations -- Evolution of life histories -- Part III : Population genetics and evolution. The Hardy-Weinberg principle -- Mutation and the genetic variation of populations -- Genetic drift and effective population size -- Inbreeding -- Migration, gene flow and differentiation of populations -- Haploid and zygotic selection -- Applying zygotic selection models to natural systems -- Polygenic inheritance and quantitative genetics -- Population genetics ; summary and synthesis -- Part IV : Interactions between species, and community structure. Interspecific competition -- Predator-prey interactions -- Species interactions and community structure -- Part V : Animal behaviour, altruism and sexual selection. Animal behaviour, altruism and limiting aggression -- Sexual selection and mating systems -- Epilogue.

Summary: How do plant and animal populations change genetically to evolve and adapt to their local environments? How do populations grow and interact with one another through competition and predation? How does behaviour influence ecology and evolution? This second edition of Dick Neal's unique textbook on population biology addresses these questions and offers a comprehensive analysis of evolutionary theory in the areas of ecology, population genetics, and behaviour. Taking a quantitative and Darwinian perspective, Neal uses mathematical models to develop the basic theory of population processes. Key features in this edition include new chapters on inbreeding and species interactions and community structure, a modified structure in Part II, more recent empirical examples to illustrate the application of theoretical models to the world around us, and end-of-chapter problems to help students with self-assessment. A series of spreadsheet simulations have also been conveniently located online, for students to further improve their understanding of such models. -- Provided by publisher.

Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	H.T. Parekh Library	SIAS Collection	577.88 NEA (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		K2912

Browsing H.T. Parekh Library shelves, Collection: SIAS Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)

Previous								Next
Previous	577.8 PLA Plant-animal interactions :	577.88 ECO Ecology, genetics, and evolution of metapopulations /	577.88 GOT Primer of ecology /	577.88 NEA Introduction to population biology /	578.41 BON Why size matters: from bacteria to blue whales /	578.680954 BIO Biological apocalypse: species extinction in the anthropocene /	578.752 BUR Evolution in isolation :	Next

GPB 39.99/-

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I : Evolution by natural selection. Darwin questions the fixity of species --
Darwin's evolutionary theories --
Understanding natural selection --
Part II : Population growth models. Exponential growth --
Logistic growth --
Life tables --
Growth of age-structured and stage-structured populations --
Evolution of life histories --
Part III : Population genetics and evolution. The Hardy-Weinberg principle --
Mutation and the genetic variation of populations --
Genetic drift and effective population size --
Inbreeding --
Migration, gene flow and differentiation of populations --
Haploid and zygotic selection --
Applying zygotic selection models to natural systems --
Polygenic inheritance and quantitative genetics --
Population genetics ; summary and synthesis --
Part IV : Interactions between species, and community structure. Interspecific competition --
Predator-prey interactions --
Species interactions and community structure --
Part V : Animal behaviour, altruism and sexual selection. Animal behaviour, altruism and limiting aggression --
Sexual selection and mating systems --
Epilogue.

How do plant and animal populations change genetically to evolve and adapt to their local environments? How do populations grow and interact with one another through competition and predation? How does behaviour influence ecology and evolution? This second edition of Dick Neal's unique textbook on population biology addresses these questions and offers a comprehensive analysis of evolutionary theory in the areas of ecology, population genetics, and behaviour. Taking a quantitative and Darwinian perspective, Neal uses mathematical models to develop the basic theory of population processes. Key features in this edition include new chapters on inbreeding and species interactions and community structure, a modified structure in Part II, more recent empirical examples to illustrate the application of theoretical models to the world around us, and end-of-chapter problems to help students with self-assessment. A series of spreadsheet simulations have also been conveniently located online, for students to further improve their understanding of such models. -- Provided by publisher.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.