Applied demography for biologists with special emphasis on insects

TLDR

Applied demography equips biologists, especially entomologists, with formal tools such as life tables, reproductive rates, stable population models, and extensions to two‑sex, stochastic, multiregional, and social insect systems. The book details demographic applications including estimation, curve fitting, mass rearing, and parasitoid mass rearing techniques. Reference 1 is cited.

Abstract

1. Introduction 1.1 Formalization 1.2 Elementary Characteristics of Populations 2. Life Tables 2.1 General Concepts 2.2 The Single Decrement Life Tables 2.3 The Abridged Life Table 2.4 The Multiple Decrement Life Table 2.5 Selected Properties of Model Life Tables 3. Reproduction 3.1 General Background 3.2 Per Capita Reproductive Rates 3.3 Reproductive Heterogeneity 3.4 Generalizations 4. Population I. Basic Concepts and Models 4.1 Background 4.2 The Stable Population Model 4.3 Population Projection 4.4 Fundamental Properties of Populations 5. Population II. Extensions of Stable Theory 5.1 Two-Sex Models 5.2 Stochastic Demography 5.3 Multiregional Demography 5.4 Demographic Theory of Social Insects: The Honeybee 5.5 The Unity of Demographic Population Models 6. Demographic Applications 6.1 Estimation 6.2 Curve Fitting 6.3 Mass Rearing: Basic Harvesting Concepts 6.4 Parasitoid Mass Rearing 6. 6.5 Pros and Cons of Demographic Modeling