BIO 5208 – POPULATION BIOLOGY
Chapter Readings:
Chapter 1:
- Book – Section 1.4 Applications – understand how to use model with Human population growth, pest densities and exponential decline.
- Vitousek, P. M., P. R. Ehrlich, A. H. Ehrlich and P. M. Matson. 1986. Human appropriation of the products of photosynthesis. Bioscience 36:368-373.
Chapter 2:
- McCoy, E. D. 1995. The cost of ignorance. Conservation Biology 9:473-474
- Shaffer, M. L. 1987. Minimum viable populations: coping with uncertainty. In M. E. Soule (Ed.) Viable population for conservation (pp.69-86). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Chapter 3:
- Book – Section 3.5 cycles and chaos and Section 3.8.2 estimating density dependent parameters
- Hassell, M. P. 1986. Detecting density dependency. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 1:90-93.
- Strong, D. 1986. Density-vague population change. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 1:39-42.
Chapter 4:
- Book – Section 4.7 additional topics
- Jenkins, S. H. 1988. Use and abuse of demographic models of population growth. Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 69:201-202.
- McFadden, J. T., G. R. Alexander and D. S. Shetter. 1967. Numerical changes and population regulation in brook trout. Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada 24: 1425-1459.
Chapter 5:
- Book – Section 5.7 additional topics
- Crowder, L. B., D. T. Crouse, S. S. Heppell, T. H. Martin. 1994. Predicting the impact of turtle excluder devices on loggerhead sea turtle populations. Ecological Applications 4:437-445.
Chapter 6:
- Book – Section 6.3 application
- Gilpin, M. E. 1987. Spatial structure and population vulnerability. In M. E. Soule (Ed.) Viable population for conservation (pp.129-139). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
- Hanski, I. 1989. Metapopulation dynamics: does it help to have more of the same. Trends of Ecology and Evolution 4:113-114.
Chapter 7:
- Shaffer, M. L. 1981. Minimum population sizes for species conservation. Bioscience 31:131-134.
- Caughley, G. 1994. Directions in conservation biology. Journal of Animal Ecology 63:215-244.