Part I. Background to applied population biology. The big picture: human population dynamics meet applied population biology
Designing studies and interpreting population biology data: how do we know what we know?
Genetic concepts and tools to support wildlife population biology
Estimating population vital rates
Part II. Population processes: the basis for management. The simplest way to describe and project population growth: exponential or geometric change
All stage classes are not equal in their effects on population growth: structured population-projection models
Density-dependent population change
Predation and wildlife populations
Genetic variation and fitness in wildlife populations
Dynamics of multiple populations
Part III. Applying knowledge of population processes to problems of declining, small, or harvestable populations. Human-caused stressors: deterministic factors affecting populations
Predicting the dynamics of small and declining populations
Focal species to bridge from populations to ecosystems
Population biology to guide sustainable harvest.
The big picture : human population dynamics meets applied population biology Designing studies and interpreting population biology data : how do we know what we know? Genetic concepts and tools to support wildlife population biology Estimating population vital rates The simplest way to describe and project population growth : exponential and geometric change Density dependent population change Accounting for age and sex-specific differences : population projection Predation and wildlife populations When does predation affect prey numbers? Factors affecting how predation impacts prey numbers Genetic variation and fitness of wildlife populations
Dynamics of multiple populations
Human perturbations : deterministic factors leading to population decline
Predicting the dynamics of small and declining populations
Bridging applied population and ecosystem ecology with focal species concepts
Population biology of harvested populations.
