Estimation and Analysis of Insect Populations: Proceedings of a Conference held in Laramie, Wyoming, January 25–29, 1988

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Review of Methods for the Analysis of Stage-Frequency Data....Pages 3-69
Life Tables and Parasitism: Estimating Parameters in Joint Host-Parasitoid Systems....Pages 70-80
From Cohort Data to Life Table Parameters Via Stochastic Modeling....Pages 81-92
Estimation of Stage—Specific Demographic Parameters for Zooplankton Populations: Methods Based on Stage—Classified Matrix Projection Models....Pages 93-107
Compartmental Models in the Analysis of Populations....Pages 108-117
Modeling Grasshopper Phenology with Diffusion Processes....Pages 118-127
Estimation of Relative Trappabilities by Age and Development Delays of Released Blowflies....Pages 128-135
A Stochastic Model for Insect Life History Data....Pages 136-144
Nonparametric Estimation of Insect Stage Transition Times....Pages 145-155
Problems Associated With Life Cycle Studies of a Soil-Inhabiting Organism....Pages 156-165
Back Matter....Pages 166-166
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
A Review of Methods for Key Factor Analysis....Pages 169-189
Are Natural Enemy Populations Chaotic?....Pages 190-205
Demographic Framework for Analysis of Insect Life Histories....Pages 206-218
Stochastic Differential Equations As Insect Population Models....Pages 219-238
Intensive Study and Comparison of Single Species Population Simulation Models....Pages 239-246
Potential Use of an Engineering-Based Computer Simulation Language (SLAM) for Modeling Insect Systems....Pages 247-255
Modeling Southern Pine Beetle ( Coleoptera: Scolytidae ) Population Dynamics: Methods, Results and Impending Challenges....Pages 256-267
Application of Catastrophe Theory to Population Dynamics of Rangeland Grasshoppers....Pages 268-277
Derivation and Analysis of Composite Models for Insect Populations....Pages 278-288
Leslie Matrix Models for Insect Populations With Overlapping Generations....Pages 289-298
Back Matter....Pages 331-331
Front Matter....Pages 167-167
Relationships Among Recent Models for Insect Population Dynamics with Variable Rates of Development....Pages 299-312
Models of Development in Insect Populations....Pages 313-330
Back Matter....Pages 331-331
Front Matter....Pages 333-333
A Significance Test for Morisita’a Index of Dispersion and the Moments when the Population is Negative Binomial and Poisson....Pages 335-346
Spatial Analysis of the Relationship of Grasshopper Outbreaks to Soil Classification....Pages 347-359
Use of Multi-Dimensional Life Tables for Studying Insect Population Dynamics....Pages 360-369
Measures of the Dispersion of a Population Based on Ranks....Pages 370-377
A Model of Arthropod Movement Within Agroecosystems....Pages 378-386
Front Matter....Pages 387-387
Intervention Analysis in Multivariate Time Series via the Kalman Filter....Pages 389-403
Estimating the Size of Gypsy Moth Populations Using Ratios....Pages 404-415
Numerical Survival Rate Estimation for Capture-Recapture Models Using SAS PROC NLIN....Pages 416-435
Sampling Forest Canopy Arthropods Available to Birds as Prey....Pages 436-444
Design Based Sampling as a Technique for Estimating Arthropod Populations in Cotton over Large Land Masses....Pages 445-457
Discrete, A Computer Program for Fitting Discrete Frequency Distributions....Pages 458-466
Calibration of Biased Sampling Procedures....Pages 467-483
Arthropod Sampling Methods in Ornithology: Goals and Pitfalls....Pages 484-492