Population Ecology Reference List

General Information

The purpose of this home page is to integrate information on quantitative population studies on the Web. It helps to find population models and data that can be used in research and educational projects. Lecture courses and electronic publications address major problems in population ecology.

For beginners I recommend to start with:

Lecture course "Quantitative Population Ecology"
Review of population models

Models

Model Servers

Lists of Models

Generic Population Models

POPULUS (dynamics, genetics)
PAS (Population Analysis System) by Alan Berryman
PopTools free Excel plugin for analysis of matrix models and solving other problems in population ecology. Developed by Greg Hood, CSIRO, Canberra, Australia.

Phenological Models CLIMEX (Australia. Species ranges)

Small Educational Models

Logistic Model
Exponential Model
Spruce Budworm Model
Ricker-type Model Bifurcation & Chaos
Lotka-Volterra; Interactive. (predation, competition, pollination)
Lotka-Volterra
Lotka-Volterra (Lascaux Graphics)
JAVA applet running simple ecological models at Leiden University

"Big Ugly" Models

Gypsy Moth Modeling (USDA FS)
Smart Forest (3d)
Models of forest pest insects and diseases (bark beetles, tussock moth, spruce budworm, etc.)

Decision Support Systems (Expert Systems)

GYPSES Contact Jim Colbert.
CROPS modeling environment

Data for Modeling

Weather and Climate

Topography, etc.

Human Demography

Land Cover and Vegetation

Geographic Distribution of Species

Lecture Cources

Quantitative Population Ecology on-line lecture course at Virginia Tech
Ecology: Undergraduate courses
Ecology (Open University)
Evolutionary Epidemiology (handouts)
Mathematical Modeling in Biology
Wildlife Management Program
Systems Approaches to Agroecology
Science On-Line Education Project
Principles of Ecology Coastal Carolina University, Conway, SC.
Forest Insects by Alan Berryman (Washington State Univ.)
Forest Pest Management by Alan Berryman
Predator-Prey Dynamics by Alan Berryman
Population Theory by Alan Berryman
Population Analysis by Alan Berryman

Electronic Papers

Sharov, Alexei A. 1996. Modeling forest insect populations.
Voinov, A., C. Paradoxes of sustainability.
Voinov, A. Two avenues of sustainability. In: Down to Earth, 3rd International Symposium on Ecological Economics, October 23-27, 1994, San Jose, Costa Rica.
David Bourne Model Validation
Patrick C. Phillips Chaos & Noise in Pop. Dynam. (Abstr.)
P.Philippe Complex dynamics and causation modeling

Book Reviews