Population Ecology publishes refereed original research articles and reviews on various aspects of population ecology, from the individual to the community level. Coverage includes population dynamics and distribution, evolutionary ecology, ecological genetics, theoretical models, conservation biology, agroecosystem studies, and bioresource management. Notes and Comments articles (limited to 6 pages in print) offer brief items on both empirical and theoretical investigations, as well as comments on previously published papers. New concepts, analyses, and data are discussed in Forum articles. Special Features, collections of research articles and reviews organized by the editors, are published periodically and focus on specific research topics. The Chief Editor is Dr. Takashi Noda, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Population Ecology
Description
Identifiers
ISSN | 1438-3896 |
e-ISSN | 1438-390X |
DOI | 10.1007/10144.1438-390X |
Publisher
Springer Japan
Additional information
Data set: Springer
Articles
Population Ecology > 2018 > 60 > 4 > 347-360
Many amphibian populations worldwide have declined rapidly and been threatened with extinction in the past few decades because of human impacts on the environment. It is well known that urbanization reduces the genetic diversity of isolated populations. The concept that a reduction in genetic diversity leads to lower reproductive fitness has been predominantly supported by studies involving laboratory...
Population Ecology > 2018 > 60 > 4 > 297-308
In this paper, we develop a theory of a new statistic that tests overdispersion in offspring number on the basis of exactly known kinship relationships. The statistic utilizes the sample size and the number of kinship pairs found in a sample, specially the number of mother–offspring (MO) and maternal–half-sibling (MHS) pairs. Given a sufficiently large sample size, the statistic proposed in this paper...
Population Ecology > 2018 > 60 > 4 > 371-387
The effective management and conservation of animal populations relies on statistically-sound and replicable surveys to obtain estimates of abundance and assess trends. Surveys of cetaceans, such as humpback whales Megaptera novaeangliae, are difficult to conduct and are particularly affected by bias in detection probability. For example, the probability of detection of whales from land decreases...