Biol 843 - Population Biology Schedule and Reading List

24 January

Introduction

Population Regulation

29 - 31 January

 

1. Murdoch, W.W. 1994. Population regulation in theory and practice. Ecology 75: 271-287.

2. Cappuccino, N. 1992. The nature of population stability in Eurosta solidaginis, a non-outbreaking herbivore of goldenrod. Ecology 73: 1792-1801.

Analysis and Interpretation of Life Table Data

 5 - 7 February  

 

3. Carey, J.R. 1989. The multiple decrement life table: a unifying framework for cause-of-death analysis in ecology. Oecologia 78: 131-137.

4. Bellows, T.S., R.G. Van Driesche, and J.S. Elkinton. 1992. Life-table construction and analysis in the evaluation of natural enemies. Annual Review of Entomology 37: 587-614.

5. Elkinton, J.S., J.P. Buonaccorsi, T.S, Bellows, and R.G., Van Driesche. 1992. Marginal attack rate, k-values and density dependence in the analysis of contemporaneous mortality factors. Researches on Population Ecology 34: 29-44.

Detecting Density Dependence from Census Data

12 - 14 February

 

6. Pollard, E., K.H. Lakhani, and P. Rotheray. 1987. The detection of density-dependence from a series of animal censuses. Ecology 68: 2046-2055.

7. Holyoak, M. 1993. New insights into testing for density dependence. Oecologia 93: 435-444.

Mystery Week (?)

19 – 21 February

 

Key Factor Analysis

26 - 28 February

 

8.  Podoler, H and D. Rogers. 1975. A new method for the identification of key factors from life-table data. Journal of Animal Ecology 44: 85-114.

9. Royama, T. 1996. A fundamental problem in key factor analysis. Ecology 77: 87-93.

10. Yamamura, K. 1999. Key-factor/key-stage analysis for life table data. Ecology 80: 533-537.

Species Interactions and Population Regulation: Spatial density-dependence I

5 - 7 March

 

11. Hassell, M.P. and R.M. May. 1974. Aggregation of predators and insect parasites and its effect on stability. Journal of Animal Ecology 43: 567-594.

12. Heads, P.A. and J.H. Lawton. 1983. Studies on the natural enemy complex of the holly leaf-miner: the effects of scale on the detection of aggregative responses and the implications for biological control. Oikos 40: 267-276

13. Lessells, C.M. 1985. Parasitoid foraging: should parasitism be density dependent? Journal of Animal Ecology 54: 27-41.

Species Interactions and Population Regulation: Interaction of spatial and temporal density dependence II

12 - 14 March

 

14. Stewart-Oaten, A. and W.W. Murdoch. 1990. Temporal consequences of spatial density dependence. Journal of Animal Ecology 59: 1027-1045.

15. Hassell, M.P., R.M. May, S.W. Pacala, and P.L. Chesson. 1991. The persistence of host-parasitoid associations in patchy environments. I. A general criterion. American Naturalist 138: 568-583.

16. Taylor, A.D. 1993. Heterogeneity in host-parasitoid interactions: ‘Aggregation of risk’ and the ‘CV2 > 1 rule.’ TREE 8: 400-405.

17. Rohani, P.H., C.J. Godfray, and M.P. Hassell. 1994. Aggregation and the dynamics of host-parasitoid systems: a discrete-generation model with redistribution. American Naturalist 144: 491-509.

Metapopulations: Demographic Aspects

19 – 21 March

 

18. Pulliam, R. 1988. Sources, sinks, and population regulation. American Naturalist 132: 652-661.

19. Hanski, I., M. Kuussaari, and M. Nieminen. 1994. Metapopulation structure and migration in the butterfly Melitaea cinxia. Ecology 75: 747-762.

20. Harrison, S., C.D. Thomas, T.M. Lewinsohn. 1995. Testing a metapopulation model of coexistence in the insect community on ragwort (Senecio jacobaea). American Naturalist 145: 546-562.

21. Matter, S.F. 1996. Interpatch movement of the red milkweed beetle, Tetraopes tetraophthalmus: indivdual responses to patch size and isolation. Oecologia 105: 447-453.

22. Matter, S.F. 1997. Population density and area: the role of between- and within-patch processes. Oecologia 110: 533-538.

Matrix Projection Models I

26 – 28 March

 

23. Crouse, D.T., L.B. Crowder, and H. Caswell. 1987. A stage based population model for logerhead sea turtles and implications for conservation. Ecology 68: 1412-1423.

24. de Kroon, H., A. Plaiser, J. van Groendael, and H. Caswell. 1986. Elasticity: the relative contribution of demographic parameters to population growth rate. Ecology 67: 1427-1431.

25. Lande, R. 1988. Demographic models of the northern spotted owl (Strix occidentalis caurina) Oecologia 75: 601-607.

 

Matrix Projection Models II

2 – 4 April

 

26. Brault, S. and H. Caswell. 1993. Pod-specific demography of killer whales (Orcinus orca). Ecology 74: 1444-1454.  

27. Congdon, J.D., A.E. Dunham, and R.C. Van Loben Sels. 1993. Delayed sexual maturity and demographic of Blanding's Turtles (Emydoidea blandingii): Implications for conservation and management of long-lived organisms. Conservation Biology 7: 826-833.

28. Mills, L.S., D.F. Doak, and M.J. Wisdom. 1999. Reliability of conservation actions based on elasticity analysis of matrix models. Conservation Biology 13: 815-829.

Diffusion Approximation Estimates of Growth and Extinction Rates

16 – 18 April

29. Dennis, B. P.L. Munholland, and J. M. Scott. 1991. Estimation of growth and extinction parameters for endangered species. Ecological Monographs 61: 115-143.

30. Holmes, E.E. 2001. Estimating risks in declining populations with poor data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. 98: 5072-5077.

31. Holmes, E.E. and W.F. Fagan. 2002. Validating population viability analysis for corrupted data sets. Ecology 83: 2379-2386.

32. Holmes, E.E. 2004. Beyond theory to application and evaluation: diffusion approximations for population viability analysis. Ecological Applications 14: 1272-1293.

33. Sabo, J.L., E.E. Holmes, and P. Karieva. 2004. Efficacy of simple viability models in ecological risk assessment: Does density dependence matter? Ecology 85: 328-341.

Occupancy Modeling

23 – 25 April

34. MacKenzie, D.I. 2005. What are the issues with presence-absence data for wildlife managers? Journal of Wildlife management 69: 849-860.

35. Finley, D.J., G.C. White, and J.P. Fitzgerald. 2005. Estimation of swift fox population size and occupancy rates in eastern Colorado. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 861-873.

36. Olson, G.S. et al. 2005. Modeling of site occupancy dynamics for Northern Spotted Owls, with emphasis on the effects of barred owls. Journal of Wildlife Management 69: 918-932.

37. Joseph, L.N., S.A. Field, C. Wilcox, and H.P. Possingham. 2006. Presence-absence versus abundance data for monitoring threatened species. Conservation Biology  20: 1679-1687.

Presentations/ Further Discussions

30 April – 2 May

7 – 9 May

14 – 16 May