The field of plant population ecology has advanced considerably in the last decade since
the first edition was published. In particular there have been substantial and ongoing …

1 A metapopulation approach considers the ecology and genetics of populations as a
product of local dynamics and the regional processes of migration, extinction and …

This completely revised, fourth edition of Introduction to Plant Population Biology continues
the approach taken by its highly successful predecessors. Ecological and genetic principles …

Publisher Summary Critics of the metapopulation concept for plants illustrate two problems
that any study of plant metapopulations must deal with. The first type of problem is habitat …

Metapopulation theory (summarized by Hanski 1999) is one of the most influential
developments in ecology of recent decades, for example as a cornerstone of con-servation …

The nature of the regional dynamics of a species is critical to its survival. Imagine, for
instance, that we are attempting to design a programme to conserve the regional population …

Concepts and simple empirical models that are useful in the study of the quantitative aspects
of evolutionary ecology of plant-plant interactions is discussed and developed, and the use …

Publisher Summary Although there has been a long-standing recognition that the numerical
and gene frequency dynamics of natural populations may be affected by the …

Some of the major plant population dynamic models that have been developed are
reviewed, listing some of the advantages and disadvantages of the various approaches …

Plant population modelling has been around since the 1970s, providing a valuable
approach to understanding plant ecology from a mechanistic standpoint. It is surprising then …