Chapter 27 - Population Growth

 

What Is Population Ecology? - The discipline of population ecology and how it relates to the other subdisciplines in ecology and other fields in biology is described in this link. The various disciplines in ecology are described and the relationships are shown graphically. There is also a graphic showing how population characteristics and processes are derived from the characteristics and processes of individuals. This graphic is a good visual representation of the nature of population ecology.
Predator/Prey Simulation - This site shows three different mappings of predator/prey simulation.
Predator/Prey - This site shows the mathematics behind the visuals.
The Demographic Transition - This University of Maryland Web site gives a brief description of the demographic transition. This explanation is illustrated nicely with graphs showing differences in birth and death rates for Sweden and Mexico.

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