Introduction To Population Biology - 04 edition

Preface
Acknowledgements
Glossary

Part I. Evolution by Natural Selection:

1. Darwin concludes that organisms evolve
2. Darwin's theories of evolution
3. Understanding natural selection

Part II. Simple Population Growth Models and Their Simulation:

4. Density-independent growth and overproduction
5. Density-dependent growth and the logistic growth model

Part III. Population Genetics and Evolution:

6. Gene frequencies and the Hardy-Weinberg Principle
7. Mutation and the genetic variation of populations
8. Small populations, genetic drift and inbreeding
9. Migration, gene flow and the differentiation of populations
10. Quantifying natural selection: haploid and zygotic selection models
11. Applying zygotic selection models to natural systems
12. Polygenic inheritance, quantitative genetics and heritability
13. Population genetics: summary and synthesis

Part IV. Demography:

14. Life tables and age-specific death rates
15. Age-specific reproduction and population growth rates
16. Evolution of life histories

Part V. Interactions Between Species, and the Behaviour of Individuals:

17. Interspecific competition and amensalism
18. Predation
19. Animal behaviour, natural selection and altruistic traits
20. Sexual selection and mating systems
21 Epilogue

References
Solutions to problems
Index.

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