Density‐dependent processes such as growth, survival, reproduction and movement are
compensatory if their rates change in response to variation in population density (or …

Recently, the results from several long-term individual-based population studies of
ungulates have been published. One major conclusion is that the population dynamics of …

Metapopulation is the ecological term for assemblages of plant and animal species within
larger areas of space, with long-term survival of the species depending on a shifting balance …

Random fluctuations in population dynamics are fundamentally important in pure and
applied ecology. This book introduces demographic and environmental stochasticity, and …

A controversy exists in the Pacific Northwest of the United States between logging of old‐
growth coniferous forests and conservation of Northern Spotted Owl (Strix occidentalis …

Population size is a major determinant of extinction risk. However, controversy remains as to
how large populations need to be to ensure persistence. It is generally believed that …

We evaluate a method for fitting models to time series of population abundances that
incorporates both process noise and observation error in a likelihood framework. The …

Density‐dependence is a key concept in population dynamics. Here, we review how body
mass and demographic parameters vary with population density in large herbivores. The …

Ecological Dynamics is unique in that it can serve both as an introductory text in numerous
ecology courses and as a resource for more advanced work. It provides a flexible …

By definition, a population is regulated if it persists for many generations with fluctuations
bounded above zero with high probability. Regulation thus requires density‐dependent …