Conservation Biology: The Science of Scarcity and DiversityMichael E. Soulé |
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... host mortality rate induced by each individual parasite ( assuming the overall host death rate rises roughly linearly with worm burden ) , b is the per capita death rate of hosts from all other sources , u is the death rate of adult ...
... host mortality rate induced by each individual parasite ( assuming the overall host death rate rises roughly linearly with worm burden ) , b is the per capita death rate of hosts from all other sources , u is the death rate of adult ...
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... host into the life cycle tends to reduce the threshold population size of definitive hosts required to sustain the life cycle . Expressions for the threshold magnitude of the primary host population needed to maintain an indirect life ...
... host into the life cycle tends to reduce the threshold population size of definitive hosts required to sustain the life cycle . Expressions for the threshold magnitude of the primary host population needed to maintain an indirect life ...
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... host , and from intermediate back to definitive host , depends on the frequency of encounters between such hosts , then establishment requires : ≈ N > NT ( constant ) / M ( 8 ) Essentially , this suggests that a high density of ...
... host , and from intermediate back to definitive host , depends on the frequency of encounters between such hosts , then establishment requires : ≈ N > NT ( constant ) / M ( 8 ) Essentially , this suggests that a high density of ...
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Conservation Biology and the Real World | 1 |
The Fitness and Viability of Populations | 13 |
Processes of Species | 19 |
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a-diversity abundance Africa alleles animals Barro Colorado Barro Colorado Island bats biological biologists bird species breeding caves Chapter climate coadaptation communities conservation biology crop density dispersal distribution disturbance ecological ecosystem edge effects environmental example extinction fauna Figure flora fragmentation frugivores fynbos genes genetic load genetic variation genic diversity Gentry geographic groups growth Guinea habitat specificity heliophiles heterosis heterozygosity heterozygous homozygotes Houérou Hubbell and Foster human inbreeding inbreeding depression increase individuals insect interactions introduced species Irian Jaya islands isolated km² loci males mammals mangrove mating natural number of species nutrients occur outbreeding depression overdominance patches patterns percent plant species pops population population densities predators problems production range rare species rarity reduced reef regeneration regions relatively reserves result season soil Soulé studies Table taxa Terborgh tion tree species troglobites tropical forests variability vegetation vertebrates zone