Abstract
Abstract Population ecology is the discipline in ecology that deals with the structure and dynamics of biological populations. The focus may be on a single population in isolation, or one of a few interacting populations. Population ecology has a long history of using quantitative models to connect theory and data. Some of these models are mathematical; they are often used to explore the behavior of populations that follow simplified mathematical rules. Others are statistical; they are often used to estimate population quantities – e.g. survival rate – or compare different models. Because the topic is vast, this entry only summarizes major uses of statistical models in population ecology.
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