Population Biology: Proceedings of the International Conference held at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, June 22–30, 1982

Front Matter....Pages I-XVII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Use of Coefficients of Identity to Study Random Drift....Pages 2-13
Instability and Repulsivity of the Fixation States in Biallelic Selection Models....Pages 14-17
Microscopic Clustering of Population Processes....Pages 18-24
Models for Peripheral Populations: The Role of Immigration....Pages 25-32
A Mathematical Analysis of the Chitty Hypothesis....Pages 33-40
An Haploid Model for Genotype-Dependent Population Diffusion....Pages 41-46
Further Models of Selection with Antagonistic Pleiotropy....Pages 47-53
Algebraic Methods in Genetics....Pages 54-61
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
The Evolution of Life Histories under Pleiotropic Constraints and K-Selection....Pages 64-71
On the r — K Tradeoff in Density Dependent Selection....Pages 72-78
A Test of Ideas about the Evolution of Efficiencies and Strategies of Resource Use....Pages 79-84
Compensatory Strategies of Energy Investment in Uncertain Environments....Pages 85-90
A Geometric Model for Optimal Life History....Pages 91-97
Necessary Conditions for an Invasion Proof Strategy....Pages 98-104
The Evolution of Stable Strategies....Pages 105-112
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Forecasting the Human Population....Pages 114-124
Persistence in Uncertain Environments....Pages 125-132
Formulating Population Models with Differential Aging....Pages 133-140
Population Modelling by Higher Order Differential Equations....Pages 141-145
Concerning the Time-Dependence of Population Vital Rates....Pages 146-153
Front Matter....Pages 113-113
Extinction Probabilities in Stochastic Age-Structured Models of Population Growth....Pages 154-162
The Systematic Formulation of Delay-Differential Models of Age or Size Structured Populations....Pages 163-172
Lotka Distribution for a Finite Mixture of Human Populations I....Pages 173-179
A Problem in Nonlinear Age Dependent Population Diffusion....Pages 180-185
Front Matter....Pages 187-187
Coexistence of Competitors in a Stochastic Environment: The Storage Effect....Pages 188-198
Models of Competition for a Single Resource....Pages 199-209
Competitive Predator-Prey Systems and Coexistence....Pages 210-217
Coexistence of Many Competing Species....Pages 218-224
Competition and Age-Structure....Pages 225-230
Selection of Molecular Species by Competition for a Common Source....Pages 231-237
An Analysis of Competition between the Larvae of a Deposit-Feeding and a Filter-Feeding Species of Chironomid (Diptera), Using a Mechanistic Model....Pages 238-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
The Dynamics of Host-Parasitoid Interactions with Heterogeneity Host Density Dependence and Variable Sex Ratios....Pages 248-268
Some Applications of Coherent State Representation to Nonlinear Bio-Oscillators....Pages 269-274
Mathematical Analysis of Some Resource-Prey-Predator Models: Application to a NPZ Microcosm Model....Pages 275-282
Resonance in Prey-Predator Systems....Pages 283-289
A Mathematical Model of Population Regulation in Cyclic Mammals....Pages 290-297
Monotone Schemes for Three Species Prey-Predator Reaction-Diffusion....Pages 298-303
Some Age-Structure Effects in Predator-Prey Models....Pages 304-316
A Model Predator-Prey System with Mutual Interference and Time Delay....Pages 317-319
Oscillations in Prey-Predator Volterra Models....Pages 320-326
Front Matter....Pages 327-327
Coevolution....Pages 328-334
A Coexistence Model for N-Species Using Nearest Neighbour Interaction and the Role of Diffusion....Pages 335-341
Periodic Lotka-Volterra Systems and Time Sharing of Ecological Niches....Pages 342-348
Nonobligate and Obligate Models of Mutualism....Pages 349-354
Stability of Community Interaction Matrices....Pages 355-358
Biomass Flow, Structure and Stability of Model Ecological Systems....Pages 359-365
Is Dynamical Systems Theory the Best Way to Understand Ecosystem Stability?....Pages 366-371
Stability in Compartmental Models....Pages 372-378
Front Matter....Pages 379-379
Search Theory in Ecology and Resource Management....Pages 380-388
Models of Pheromone Release for Pest Control in Which Males Attract Females....Pages 389-393
Age- and Size-Specific Models in the Dungeness Crab Fishery....Pages 394-400
Harvesting Under Small Demographic Uncertainty....Pages 401-406
Resource Recovery Time: Just How Destabilizing is It?....Pages 407-413
Front Matter....Pages 415-415
Influence of Infectious Disease on the Growth of a Population with Three Genotypes....Pages 416-422
Interaction of Antitumor Cells: Competition and Interference....Pages 423-428
A Model for Infection....Pages 429-432
A Cyclic Epidemic Model with Temporary Immunity and Vital Dynamics....Pages 433-440
Back Matter....Pages 441-443