An Introduction to Mathematical Population Dynamics Along the trail of Volterra and Lotka

This book is an introduction to mathematical biology for students with no experience in biology, but who have some mathematical background. The work is focused on population dynamics and ecology, following a tradition that goes back to Lotka and Volterra, and includes a part devoted to the spread of...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Iannelli, Mimmo, Pugliese, Andrea (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2014, 2014
Edition:1st ed. 2014
Series:La Matematica per il 3+2
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 02517nmm a2200337 u 4500
001 EB000937606
003 EBX01000000000000000731198
005 00000000000000.0
007 cr|||||||||||||||||||||
008 150202 ||| eng
020 |a 9783319030265 
100 1 |a Iannelli, Mimmo 
245 0 0 |a An Introduction to Mathematical Population Dynamics  |h Elektronische Ressource  |b Along the trail of Volterra and Lotka  |c by Mimmo Iannelli, Andrea Pugliese 
250 |a 1st ed. 2014 
260 |a Cham  |b Springer International Publishing  |c 2014, 2014 
300 |a XIV, 346 p  |b online resource 
505 0 |a 1 Malthus, Verhulst and all that -- 2 Delayed population models -- 3 Models of discrete-time population growth -- 4 Stochastic modeling of population growth -- 5 Spatial spread of a population -- 6 Prey-predator models -- 7 Competition among species -- 8 Mathematical modeling of epidemics -- 9 Models with several species and trophic levels -- 10 Appendices: A Basic theory of Ordinary Differential Equations; B Delay Equations; C Discrete dynamics; D Continuous-time Markov chains 
653 |a Mathematical and Computational Biology 
653 |a Biomathematics 
653 |a Theoretical and Statistical Ecology 
653 |a Ecology  
653 |a Applications of Mathematics 
653 |a Mathematics 
700 1 |a Pugliese, Andrea  |e [author] 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b Springer  |a Springer eBooks 2005- 
490 0 |a La Matematica per il 3+2 
028 5 0 |a 10.1007/978-3-319-03026-5 
856 4 0 |u https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03026-5?nosfx=y  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 570.285 
520 |a This book is an introduction to mathematical biology for students with no experience in biology, but who have some mathematical background. The work is focused on population dynamics and ecology, following a tradition that goes back to Lotka and Volterra, and includes a part devoted to the spread of infectious diseases, a field where mathematical modeling is extremely popular. These themes are used as the area where to understand different types of mathematical modeling and the possible meaning of qualitative agreement of modeling with data. The book also includes a collections of problems designed to approach more advanced questions. This material has been used in the courses at the University of Trento, directed at students in their fourth year of studies in Mathematics. It can also be used as a reference as it provides up-to-date developments in several areas