Biodemography : An Introduction to Concepts and Methods / James R. Carey, Deborah Roach.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carey, James R., Author.

Roach, Deborah, Author.

Contributor:

Vaupel, James W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Population biology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (477 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

An authoritative overview of the concepts and applications of biological demography This book provides a comprehensive introduction to biodemography, an exciting interdisciplinary field that unites the natural science of biology with the social science of human demography. Biodemography is an essential resource for demographers, epidemiologists, gerontologists, and health professionals as well as ecologists, population biologists, entomologists, and conservation biologists. This accessible and innovative book is also ideal for the classroom. James Carey and Deborah Roach cover everything from baseline demographic concepts to biodemographic applications, and present models and equations in discrete rather than continuous form to enhance mathematical accessibility. They use a wealth of real-world examples that draw from data sets on both human and nonhuman species and offer an interdisciplinary approach to demography like no other, with topics ranging from kinship theory and family demography to reliability engineering, tort law, and demographic disasters such as the Titanic and the destruction of Napoleon's Grande Armée. Provides the first synthesis of demography and biology Covers baseline demographic models and concepts such as Lexis diagrams, mortality, fecundity, and population theory Features in-depth discussions of biodemographic applications like harvesting theory and mark-recapture Draws from data sets on species ranging from fruit flies and plants to elephants and humans Uses a uniquely interdisciplinary approach to demography, bringing together a diverse range of concepts, models, and applications Includes informative "biodemographic shorts," appendixes on data visualization and management, and more than 150 illustrations of models and equations

Contents:

Frontmatter

Summary of Contents

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1: Demography Basics

Chapter 2: Life Tables

Chapter 3: Mortality

Chapter 4: Reproduction

Chapter 5: Population I: Basic Models

Chapter 6: Population II: Stage Models

Chapter 7: Population III: Extensions of Stable Theory

Chapter 8: Human Life History and Demography

Chapter 9: Applied Demography I: Estimating Parameters

Chapter 10: Applied Demography II: Evaluating and Managing Populations

Chapter 11: Biodemography Shorts

Appendix I: Visualization of Demographic Data

Appendix II: Demographic Storytelling

Appendix III: Ten Visualization Rules of Thumb

Appendix IV: Management of Demographic Data

References Cited

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691186054

0691186057

OCLC:

1125109642