The theme of the book is the distribution and abundance of organisms in space and time.
The core of the book lies in how local births and deaths are tied to emigration and …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents an overview of ongoing studies of a soil mite
laboratory system. It describes the impact of noise on population dynamics. It shows that …

1. Pathogens are known to cause horizontally transmitted overt (fully symptomatic) and
vertically transmitted covert (asymptomatic) infections. Here, we explore a range of different …

Maternal effects and spatial processes are rightly recognised as being of great importance in
the life histories of a number of different organisms. Previously, little effort has been made for …

Our knowledge about population-level effects of abiotic stressors is limited, largely due to
lack of appropriate time-series data. To analyse interactions between an abiotic stressor and …

Many ecological time series describe population dynamics. Indirectly, these data also
provide information about the vital rates (eg, birth rates, mortality rates) underlying these …

Insects are subject to attack from a range of natural enemies. Many natural enemies, such as
parasitoids, do not immediately, or ever, kill their victims but they are nevertheless important …

Summary 1 The hypothesis that multiple infections might disrupt or alter the density‐
dependent processes regulating a host–pathogen interaction is explored using time series …

This study investigates the abundance and geographic distribution of the hawkmoth species
(Lepidoptera: Sphingidae) of Southeast-Asia and analyses the resulting patterns of …

The thesis presents research on the life-history polymorphism in the mite Sancassania
berlesei. Males of this species are andropolymorphic: there are two distinct male …