Size-Structured Populations

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. Prolog

   1. Prolog

      • R. M. May

      Pages 1-2

3. Introduction Dynamics of Size-Structured Populations: An Overview

   1. Introduction Dynamics of Size-Structured Populations: An Overview

      • B. Ebenman, L. Persson

      Pages 3-9

4. The Evolution of Growth Patterns and Size

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11

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   2. The Evolution of Size in Size-Structured Populations

      • M. Kirkpatrick

      Pages 13-28

   3. Path Analysis of Ontogenetic Data

      • M. Lynch

      Pages 29-46

   4. The Measurement of Selection on Size and Growth

      • M. Lynch, S. J. Arnold

      Pages 47-59

   5. Size, Scaling, and the Evolution of Complex Life Cycles

      • E. E. Werner

      Pages 60-81

5. Population Ecology and Demography in Size-Structured Populations

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83

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   2. Approaching Size and Age in Matrix Population Models

      • H. Caswell

      Pages 85-105

   3. Population Models Incorporating Physiological Structure: A Quick Survey of the Basic Concepts and an Application to Size-Structured Population Dynamics in Waterfleas

      • J. A. J. Metz, A. M. de Roos, F. van den Bosch

      Pages 106-126

   4. Dynamics of Age- and Size-Structured Populations: Intraspecific Competition

      • B. Ebenman

      Pages 127-139

   5. Maximum Sustainable Yields and the Self-Renewal of Exploited Populations with Age-Dependent Vital Rates

      • R. Law, D. R. Grey

      Pages 140-154

6. Interactions in Size-Structured Populations: From Individual Behavior to Ecosystem Dynamics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 155-155

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   2. Interactions Between Growing Predators and Growing Prey

      • H. M. Wilbur

      Pages 157-172

   3. Resource Depletion and Habitat Segregation by Competitors Under Predation Hazard

      • J. F. Gilliam, D. F. Fraser

      Pages 173-184

   4. Exploitation Competition and the Evolution of Interference, Cannibalism, and Intraguild Predation in Age/Size-Structured Populations

      • G. A. Polis

      Pages 185-202

   5. Asymmetries in Competitive and Predatory Interactions in Fish Populations

      • L. Persson

      Pages 203-218

   6. Trophic Relations and Ontogenetic Niche Shifts in Aquatic Ecosystems

      • G. G. Mittelbach, C. W. Osenberg, M. A. Leibold

      Pages 219-235

   7. Community Responses to Experimental Nutrient Perturbations in Oligotrophic Lakes: The Importance of Bottlenecks in Size-Structured Populations

      • W. E. Neill

      Pages 236-255

At last both ecology and evolution are covered in this study on the dynamics of size-structured populations. How does natural selection shape growth patterns and life cycles of individuals, and hence the size-structure of populations? This book will stimulate biologists to look into some important and interesting biological problems from a new angle of approach, concerning: - life history evolution, - intraspecific competition and niche theory, - structure and dynamics of ecological communities.

• animals
• demography
• ecology
• ecosystem
• ecosystem dynamics
• evolution
• fish
• growth
• population dynamics
• population ecology
• predator

• Department of Biology, University of Linköping, Linköping, Sweden

  Bo Ebenman

• Department of Ecology, Limnology, Lund, Sweden

  Lennart Persson

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