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From: xia@cc.helsinki.fi
Newsgroups: bionet.population-bio
Subject: Please read
Message-ID: <3262.27087b8c@cc.helsinki.fi>
Date: 2 Oct 90 11:35:39 GMT
Organization: University of Helsinki
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Dear population biologists,

This news group has been empty for quite some time. Is this 
because population biologists unaware of it, or because no
one thinks it beneficial to discuss ideas through computers?

I hope that someone would suggest some topics for discussion.
My own specialty is in behavioural ecology, but I am also
interested population dynamics.

As far as I know, many people are interested in the following
three fields:

1. Life history theory;
2. Metapopulation theory;
3. Game theory applied to social organization; and
4. Optimality model applied to foraging behaviour.
  
Please post your ideas, research projects and whatever that
might be interesting to other fellow population biologists.

Xuhua Xia
University of Helsinki