What is ecology? The word “ecology” was proposed by German zoologist Ernst Haeckel in 1866. It means the study of the ...

Almost all animals eat living things, so in a sense most are predators. We normally restrict the term, though, to cases in which the animal chases and kills its prey. Nevertheless, the models we will ...

Allee effects occur in small or sparse populations and, although rarely detected, are widely believed to be common in nature. Population growth of populations subject to Allee effects is reduced at ...

There is a widespread opinion among ecologists that ecology lacks general laws. In this paper I argue that this opinion is mistaken. Taking the case of population dynamics, I point out that there are ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract 1. Understanding the demographie mechanisms through which climate affects population dynamics is criticai for predicting climate change ...