Table of Contents

I Theory and Methods.- 1 Structured-Population Models: Many Methods, a Few Basic Concepts.- 2 Matrix Methods for Population Analysis.- 3 Stochastic Matrix Models.- 4 Delay-Differential Equations for Structured Populations.- 5 A Gentle Introduction to Physiologically Structured Population Models.- 6 Nonlinear Matrix Equations and Population Dynamics.- II Applications.- 7 The Relative “Importance” of Life-History Stages to Population Growth: Prospective and Retrospective Analyses.- 8 Life-History Evolution and Extinction.- 9 Population Dynamics of Tribolium.- 10 Evolutionary Dynamics of Structured Populations.- 11 The Effect of Overlapping Generations and Population Structure on Gene-Frequency Clines.- 12 Dynamics of Populations with Density-Dependent Recruitment and Age Structure.- 13 Models for Marine Ecosystems.- 14 Frequency Response of a Simple Food-Chain Model with Time-Delayed Recruitment: Implications for Abiotic-Biotic Coupling.- 15 Stochastic Demography for Conservation Biology.- 16 Sensitivity Analysis of Structured-Population Models for Management and Conservation.- 17 Nonlinear Ergodic Theorems and Symmetric versus Asymmetric Competition.- 18 The Evolution of Age-Structured Marriage Functions: It Takes Two to Tango.- 19 Inverse Problems and Structured-Population Dynamics.- 20 Nonlinear Models of Structured Populations: Dynamic Consequences of Stage Structure and Discrete Sampling.- 21 Multispecies Lottery Competition: A Diffusion Analysis.- About the Authors.

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