各位老师，同学：
为使广大昆虫学科研工作者了解和掌握昆虫生命表理论与应用的最新进展，台湾中兴大学齐心教授将于10月2日-10月12日在我院主办“Life Table Theory and Data Analysis”短期培训，每天4学时，共计44学时。有意参加培训的教师，研究生及本科生，请于9月17日前在胡祖庆老师处报名。
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齐心教授简介：
齐心，台湾中兴大学昆虫学系教授兼系主任。主要从事理论生态学理论与应用研究，特别在生命表理论与收获理论以及种群生长预测、害虫生物防治与施药时期预测之计算机模拟与应用方面做出了突出的贡献。此外，研究工作还包括捕食理论、空间分布与取样理论、生态系统繁异度与稳定性分析等等。目前开设生态学、生物科学研究法、理论生态学、生态学特论、生物学计算机仿真等课程。
植物保护学院
2012年9月12日
培训内容：
Workshop on Life Table Theory and Data Analysis
October 2~12, 2012
授课时间10:00~12:00，15:00~17:00
Prof. Dr. Hsin Chi (齐心 教授)
Population: Age Structure, Fecundity, and Survival Rate
Development of age-structured population models
A short history of life tables
Exponential growth and logistic growth
Is logistic growth applicable?
Dimension analysis of intrinsic rate
Lewis-Leslie matrix and characteristic equation
How to estimate the finite rate and the intrinsic rate of increase
Derivation of formulae of life expectancy and stable age distribution
Lotka-Euler formula: or ?
Relationships among GRR, R0, and preadult survival rate (la)
Relationship between mean fecundity of female and net reproductive rate
Raw data analysis for the age-specific life table
Problems with the age-specific life table
Age-stage, two-sex life table
Raw data analysis for the age-stage, two-sex life table
Jackknife and bootstrap methods
Output files of the TWOSEX program
Preparing figures for manuscript of two-sex life table
Application of life table:
Timing of pest management (TIMING-MSChart)
Consumption rate analysis (CONSUME-MSChart)
“The age-stage, two-sex life table” 与传统生命表的比较：
Age-Stage, Two-Sex Life Table? Why?
1. Both sexes are important. Male lady beetles can also kill aphids. Age-stage, two-sex life table takes both sexes into consideration.
a) The developmental rate of males may different from that of females.
b) The predation rate of male lady beetle may be different from that of females.
c) Only using the age-stage, two-sex life table can give a correct description for the predator-prey relationship?
2. Correct stage grouping is important. If you use traditional age-specific life table, it is impossible to group the stage properly.
a) Stage differentiation is an important phenomenon for insects. Insects of different stages have different consumption rate and thus cause different economic injury.
b) The susceptibility to pesticide and vulnerability to predator are different for individuals of different stages.
3. Both the mean fecundity (F) of female and the net reproductive rate (R0) are calculated based on the daily fecundity of female. There must be a reasonable relationship. Can you find the relationship? Age-stage, two-sex life table gives correct relationship between the mean fecundity and the net reproductive rate.
4. Proper handling the preadult mortality is important. If you use the age-specific female life table, you will face the problem of preadult mortality. Most scientists just assumed a 0.5 sex ratio. But, is it OK?
5. Is it correct to use the “adult age”? Will it result in errors in your lx and mx?
The age-stage, two-sex life table gives a correct, complete, and comprehensive description on the stage-structured demography.
