Biodemography : an introduction to concepts and methods /

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 essent...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Authors: Carey, James R. (Author), Roach, Deborah Ann, 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Vaupel, James W. (writer of foreword.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2020]
Subjects:
Population biology.
Demography > Methodology.
Biologie des populations.
Démographie > Méthodologie.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
Demography > Methodology
Population biology
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Summary of Contents
  • Contents
  • Foreword / Vaupel, James W.
  • 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
  • Appendices: Visualization, Description, and Management of Demographic Data
  • 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

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