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عنوان
Dynamic state variable models in ecology :

پدید آورنده
Colin W. Clark and Marc Mangel

موضوع
Animal behavior-- Mathematical models,Animal ecology-- Mathematical models

رده
QL751
.
65
.
M3
C58
2000

کتابخانه
Center and Library of Islamic Studies in European Languages

محل استقرار
استان: Qom ـ شهر: Qom

Center and Library of Islamic Studies in European Languages

تماس با کتابخانه : 32910706-025

INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER

(Number (ISBN
0195122666
(Number (ISBN
0195122674
(Number (ISBN
9780195122664
(Number (ISBN
9780195122671

NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER

Number
dltt

TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY

Title Proper
Dynamic state variable models in ecology :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
methods and applications /
First Statement of Responsibility
Colin W. Clark and Marc Mangel

PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
ix, 289 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations ;
Dimensions
25 cm

SERIES

Series Title
Oxford series in ecology and evolution

INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE

Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285) and index

CONTENTS NOTE

Text of Note
Ch. 1. The Basics -- Introduction: Biology, constraints and trade-offs -- An example: Formalizing constraints and trade-offs -- A brief digression on probability -- The algorithm of stochastic dynamic programming -- Computer implementation -- Evaluating the fitness of alternative strategies -- Developing a dynamic state variable model -- A model for feeding by the three-spined stickleback -- The role of dynamic state variable models in ecology -- Examples of projects -- Appendix: Rate-maximizing theories of diet selection and habitat choice -- Ch. 2. Some Details of Technique -- Linear interpolation -- Sequential coupling -- Forward iteration and Monte Carlo simulation -- The critical level of reserves -- Environmental state variables -- Errors in decisions -- Variable constraints -- Functional forms -- Ch. 3. Using the Model -- Levels of detail in model predictions -- Comparing models and data -- Obtaining and analyzing predictions -- Sensitivity analysis -- Suboptimality analysis -- Ch. 4. Oviposition Behavior of Insect Parasitoids -- Parasitoid life histories -- Fixed clutch models -- A dynamic but state-independent model -- The proovigenic parasitoid -- The synovigenic parasitoid: Eggs and reserves -- Discussion -- Ch. 5. Winter Survival Strategies -- Foraging and fattening strategies for willow tits -- Social interaction -- Experiments suggested by the model -- Models of hoarding behavior -- Long-term hoarding -- Overwinter foraging by juvenile salmon -- A state variable model for overwinter lipid dynamics -- Emirical test of the predictions -- Ch. 6. Avian Migration -- The energetics of bird migration -- Optimal fuel loads -- A dynamic state variable model of single-flight migration -- Spring migration of western sandpipers -- Ch. 7. Human Behavioral Ecology -- Dynamic discarding in fisheries -- Optimal reproductive strategies in!kung bushmen females -- Ch. 8. Conservation Biology -- Assessing the fitness consequences of environmental change -- Using fire rotation schemes to maximize the persistence of midsuccessional species -- Managing a metapopulation -- Some other applications -- Ch. 9. Agroecology -- Behavioral origins of the functional response -- Behavior and population regulation: The behavioral stabilization of host-parasitoid interactions -- Weed control: Predicting flowering in thistles and other monocarpic perennials -- Discussion -- Ch. 10. Population-Level Models -- Ideal free distributions -- Patch choice with frequency-dependent predation risk -- Genetic algorithms as optimization tools -- Ch. 11. Stochasticity, Uncertainty, and Information as a State Variable -- Ephemeral patches and uncertain food -- A Bayesian foraging model -- Tracking a changing environment -- Discussion -- Appendix: Bayesian updating -- Ch. 12. Measures of Fitness -- Nonoverlapping generations -- Overlapping generations -- Fitness measures in dynamic state variable models
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TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT

Animal behavior-- Mathematical models
Animal ecology-- Mathematical models

DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION

Number
577/
.
01/5118
Edition
21

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION

Class number
QL751
.
65
.
M3
Class number
QH541
.
15
.
M3
Book number
C58
2000
Book number
C55
2000

PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY

Clark, Colin Whitcomb,1931-

PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY

Mangel, Marc

ORIGINATING SOURCE

Date of Transaction
20160712064529.0

ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS

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