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Population Biology

Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 22–30, 1982

  • Conference proceedings
  • © 1983

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Editors:
  1. Herbert I. Freedman

    1. Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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  2. Curtis Strobeck

    1. Department of Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics (LNBM, volume 52)

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Table of contents (57 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVII
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  3. Life History Strategies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. The Evolution of Life Histories under Pleiotropic Constraints and K-Selection

      • Alan R. Templeton
      Pages 64-71

    3. On the r — K Tradeoff in Density Dependent Selection

      • C. E. Clark
      Pages 72-78

    4. A Test of Ideas about the Evolution of Efficiencies and Strategies of Resource Use

      • John W. Glasser
      Pages 79-84

    5. Compensatory Strategies of Energy Investment in Uncertain Environments

      • Jesús Alberto León
      Pages 85-90

    6. A Geometric Model for Optimal Life History

      • P. D. Taylor, G. C. Williams
      Pages 91-97

    7. Necessary Conditions for an Invasion Proof Strategy

      • Thomas L. Vincent, Joel S. Brown
      Pages 98-104

    8. The Evolution of Stable Strategies

      • James V. Whittaker
      Pages 105-112

  4. Population Growth

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
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    2. Forecasting the Human Population

      • Nathan Keyfitz
      Pages 114-124
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About this book

This volume contains the Proceedings of the International Conference in Population Biology held at The University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada from June 22 to June 30, 1982. The Conference was sponsored by The University of Alberta and The Canadian Applied Mathematics Society, and overlapped with the summer meeting of CAMS. The main objectives of this Conference were: to bring mathematicians and biologists together so that they may interact for their mutual benefit; to bring those researchers interested in modelling in ecology and those interested in modelling in genetics together; to bring in keynote speakers in the delineated areas; to have sessions of contributed papers; and to present the opportunity for researchers to conduct workshops. With the exception of the last one, the objec­ tives were carried out. In order to lend some focus to the Conference, the following themes were adopted: models of species growth, predator-prey, competition, mutualism, food webs, dispersion, age structure, stability, evolution of ecological parameters, evolution of behaviour, life history strategies, group and social selection, and evolution of genetic systems. There were speakers (invited and/or contributed papers) in each of these areas. Talks were given on Tuesday, June 22 to Friday, June 25 and on Monday, June 28 to Wednesday, June 30. On each day there were several talks by the principal speakers as well as contributed sessions. Altogether, there were ninety­ one papers given, of which twelve were by the principal speakers. There were one hundred and twenty-three registered participants from twelve different countries.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Herbert I. Freedman

  • Department of Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

    Curtis Strobeck

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Population Biology

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 22–30, 1982

  • Editors: Herbert I. Freedman, Curtis Strobeck

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Biomathematics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-87893-0

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1983

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-540-12677-5Published: 01 September 1983

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-87893-0Published: 13 March 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0341-633X

  • Series E-ISSN: 2196-9981

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 444

  • Topics: Mathematical and Computational Biology, Ecology

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