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Population dynamics

As I have always understood it, 'population dynamics' is the maths modelling population changes, and 'population ecology' is applying it to the field. As such, 90% of the text of this article is about 'population dynamics', only small bits (terminology, r/K selection, population viability analysis, metapopulation, journals) are about ecology, everything else belongs in that article. The picture about mathematical epidemiology has almost nothing to do with ecology. Then the article about 'population dynamics' has bits which belong here (fisheries and wildlife management, control applications). I'm actually not specifically recommending merging these articles, instead switching large portions; that or merge this article to 'pop. dynamics', as that was what the subject was called when I studied it at uni. Leo Breman (talk) 19:50, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not entirely certain what you're proposing here. And granted, both articles are pretty bad, and overlap in all sorts of ways they shouldn't.

Population ecology is the broader concept, and this should be written in summary style tying together a collection of daughter articles. Population dynamics is both one of those daughter topics and the parent of many of them. Guettarda (talk) 21:04, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Well, for one, more discussion, so this is a start, haha. "Population ecology is the broader concept", not necessarily: the mathematical formulae in 'population dynamics' can also be used outside of ecology.

My personal preference is would be to move all the formulae to the 'population dynamics' article, leaving these subjects/sections in this one: terminology, r/K selection, population viability analysis, metapopulation, journals; then move the subjects/sections: fisheries and wildlife management, control applications from 'population dynamics' here. Leo Breman (talk) 23:51, 10 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Hmm, it's been a week. I'm just going to be bold and do as I suggested. Leo Breman (talk) 17:29, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done here, it'd be nice if someone added the picture requested above, and maybe some case studies from Odum or biology textbooks... All these ecology articles seem to be collecting the same off-topic stuff complaining about humans ad nauseam. This article went from reasonable in 2013 to shitty over the past 7 years. People, there are other articles about environmentalism, please let the ecology articles inform readers about the topic at hand, instead of soapboxing extremist bourgeoisie politics. Leo Breman (talk) 21:09, 16 November 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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