A Primer of Ecology with R

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Stevens, M. Henry H. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2009.
• Series: Use R!
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Computer simulation.; Ecology.; Statistics.; Life Sciences.; Statistics for Life Sciences, Medicine, Health Sciences.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Simulation and Modeling.

Ecology is more quantitative and theory-driven than ever before, and A Primer of Ecology with R combines an introduction to the major theoretical concepts in general ecology with a cutting edge open source tool, the R programming language. Starting with geometric growth and proceeding through stabil...

Table of Contents:

• Single Species Populations
• Simple Density-independent Growth
• Density-independent Demography
• Density-dependent Growth
• Populations in Space
• Two-species Interactions
• Lotka–Volterra Interspecific Competition
• Enemy–Victim Interactions
• Special Topics
• An Introduction to Food Webs, and Lessons from Lotka–Volterra Models
• Multiple Basins of Attraction
• Competition, Colonization, and Temporal Niche Partitioning
• Community Composition and Diversity.