The Dynamics of Arthopod Predator-Prey Systems
Michael Patrick Hassell
ISBN 10: 0691082154 ISBN 13: 9780691082158
Published by Princeton University Press, 1978
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The Dynamics of Arthopod Predator-Prey Systems | Michael Patrick Hassell | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 1978 | Princeton University Press | EAN 9780691082158 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand. Seller Inventory # 107488759
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In this study of arthropod predador-prey systems Michael Hassell shows how many of the components of predation may be simply modeled in order to reveal their effects on the overall dynamics of the interacting populations. Arthropods, particularly insects, make ideal subjects for such a study because their generation times are characteristically short and many have relatively discrete generations, inviting the use of difference equation models to describe population changes. Using analytical models framed in difference equations, Dr. Hassell is able to show how the detailed biological processes of insect predator-prey (including host-parasitoid) interactions may be understood.
Emphasizing the development and subsequent stability analysis of general models, the author considers in detail several crucial components of predator-prey models: the prey's rate of increase as a function of density, non-random search, mutual interference, and the predator's rate of increase as a function of predator survival and fecundity. Drawing on the correspondence between the models and field and laboratory data, Dr. Hassell then discusses the practical implications for biological pest control and suggests how such models may help to formulate a theoretical basis for biological control practices.
About the Author: Michael P. Hassell is Reader in Insect Ecology at Imperial College, London.
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Title: The Dynamics of Arthopod Predator-Prey ...
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication Date: 1978
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