Population Ecology: An Introduction to Computer Simulations

Acknowledgements.

Exercise 1. 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. Interspecific Competition and Coexistence.

Exercise 8. Interspecific Competition and Geographic Distributions.

Exercise 9. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Introduction to the Model.

Exercise 10. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Effect of Predator Efficiency.

Exercise 11. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Effect of Social Behavior.

Exercise 12. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Effects of Carrying Capacity and Satiation.

Exercise 13. Predator-Prey Dynamics: Harvesting a Prey Population.

Exercise 14. Optimal Foraging: Searching Predators that Minimize Time.

Exercise 15. Optimal Foraging: Searching Predators that Minimize Energy.

Exercise 16. Optimal Foraging: Sit-and-Wait Predators that Maximize Energy.

Exercise 17. Optimal Foraging: Pollinators.

Exercise 18. Microparasite-Host Dynamics.

Exercise 19. Macroparasite-Host Dynamics.

Exercise 20. Parasitoid-Host Dynamics.

Exercise 21. Conserving an Endangered Species.

Exercise 22. Controlling an Invasive Species.

Glossary to MATLAB Commands.

Index.

Color, Marker, and Line Styles for the Graphs.