In this new edition, Brian Charlesworth provides a comprehensive review of the basic mathematical theory of the demography and genetics of age-structured populations. The author aims to avoid complicated mathematics, but gives full derivations of major theoretical results for the edification of the reader.
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Avoiding complicated mathematics, this new edition provides a comprehensive review of the basic mathematical theory of the demography and genetics of age-structured populations, which is of importance for interpreting experiments and observations.
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The populations of many species of plants and animals are age-structured; if such a population is investigated at a given point in time, it is found to consist of a set of individuals who were born over a range of past times, and whose fecundities and probabilities of future survival depend on their age. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mean reproductive function, random mating with respect, reproductive effort model, fecundity per unit weight, obtaining vital statistics, variance effective number, effective population number, mean breeding values, mean intrinsic rate, new zygotes, total reproductive value, protected polymorphism, standard genotype, mutation accumulation theory, female zygotes, net fecundities, difference equation approach, genotypic fitnesses, pasture populations, fitness sensitivities, polymorphic equilibrium, equilibrium gene frequencies, early fecundity, high adult survival, demographic parameters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The populations of many species of plants and animals are age-structured; if such a population is investigated at a given point in time, it is found to consist of a set of individuals who were born over a range of past times, and whose fecundities and probabilities of future survival depend on their age. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
mean reproductive function, random mating with respect, reproductive effort model, fecundity per unit weight, obtaining vital statistics, variance effective number, effective population number, mean breeding values, mean intrinsic rate, new zygotes, total reproductive value, protected polymorphism, standard genotype, mutation accumulation theory, female zygotes, net fecundities, difference equation approach, genotypic fitnesses, pasture populations, fitness sensitivities, polymorphic equilibrium, equilibrium gene frequencies, early fecundity, high adult survival, demographic parameters Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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- Cooperative Breeding in Birds: Long Term Studies of Ecology and Behaviour by Peter B. Stacey on 4 pages
- The Genetical Theory of Natural Selection by R. A. Fisher on page 181, and Back Matter
- Population Dynamics by Thomas N.E. Greville in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ecology and Evolution of Communities by Martin Cody in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Genetic Effects on Aging (Telford Press) II by David E. Harrison in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Methuselah Flies: A Case Study in the Evolution of Aging by Michael R Rose on 5 pages
- The Fountain of Youth: Cultural, Scientific, and Ethical Perspectives on a Biomedical Goal by Stephen G. Post on page 155, and page 174
- Structured-Population Models in Marine, Terrestrial, and Freshwater Systems (Population and Community Biology Series) by Shripad Tuljapurkar on page 300, and page 352
- Genes in Ecology: 33rd Symposium of the British Ecological Society (Symposia of the British Ecological Society) by R. J. Berry on page 83, and page 331
- Genetic Effects on Aging (Telford Press) II by David E. Harrison on page 7 (1), and page 7 (2)
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