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| Contributors | |
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| Preface | |
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| Definitive case studies | |
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| Red deer on Rum | |
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| Soay sheep on Hirta | |
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| Roe deer in France | |
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| Bighorn sheep in Alberta | |
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| Kudu in Kruger | |
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| Wildebeest in Serengeti | |
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| Moose on Isle Royale | |
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| Elk in North Yellowstone | |
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| Overview | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| The suite of population models | |
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| Models of density dependence | |
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| Autoregressive time-series models | |
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| Age- or stage-structured models | |
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| Trophic interaction models | |
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| Physiological or metaphysiological models | |
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| Models accommodating spatial structure | |
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| Individual-based models | |
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| Overview | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Climatic influences: temperate-tropical contrasts | |
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| Temperate environments | |
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| Tropical and subtropical environments | |
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| Effects of predation and hunting | |
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| Overall assessment | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Demographic processes: lessons from long-term, individual-based studies | |
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| Life history of large herbivores: a brief review | |
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| Differential contributions of demographic parameters to population growth | |
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| Climatic variation, density-dependence, and individual variability | |
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| Conclusions: how can future analyses of large herbivore demography deal with complex demographic processes? | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Irruptive dynamics and vegetation interactions | |
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| Models of herbivore-vegetation interactions | |
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| Examples of irruptive dynamics | |
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| Effects of irruptions on vegetation | |
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| Changing perspectives | |
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| Synthesis | |
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| Implications for conservation and management | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| How does landscape heterogeneity shape dynamics of large herbivore populations? | |
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| What is spatial heterogeneity? | |
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| How does spatial heterogeneity influence ungulate population dynamics? | |
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| Mechanisms explaining the influence of spatial heterogeneity on population dynamics | |
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| Influences from high-quality resources | |
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| Influences from buffer resources | |
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| Global change and access to heterogeneity by large herbivores | |
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| Conclusions: the importance of spatial context for population dynamics | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Towards an ecology of population dynamics | |
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| Phenomenological descriptors | |
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| Time series elaborations | |
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| Environmental structure | |
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| Population structure | |
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| Adaptive responses and environmental contexts | |
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| Summary and conclusions | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |