TY - BOOK AU - Caswell, Hal . TI - Matrix population models: : construction, analysis and interpretation SN - 9780878930968 AV - QH352 .C375 2001 PY - 2001/// CY - Sunderland PB - Sinauer Associates KW - population biology-computer simulation KW - Matrices KW - Data processing N1 - Introduction -- Age- classified matrix models -- Stage -classified life cycles --Stage-classified matrix models -- Events in the life cycle -- Parameter estimation -- Analysis of the life cycle graph -- Structured population models -- Sensitivity analysis -- Life table response experiments -- Evolutionary demography -- Statistical inference -- Periodic environments -- Environmental stochasticity -- Demographic stochasticity -- Density- dependent models -- Two sex models -- Conservation and management -- Conclusing remarks -- The basics of matrix algebra; Includes bibliographic reference and index ER -