Modelling biological populations in space and time

This volume develops a unifying approach to population studies, emphasising the interplay between modelling and experimentation. Throughout, mathematicians and biologists are provided with a framework within which population dynamics can be fully explored and understood. Aspects of population dynami...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Renshaw, Eric
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 1990
Series:Cambridge studies in mathematical biology
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Collection: Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:This volume develops a unifying approach to population studies, emphasising the interplay between modelling and experimentation. Throughout, mathematicians and biologists are provided with a framework within which population dynamics can be fully explored and understood. Aspects of population dynamics covered include birth-death and logistic processes, competition and predator-prey relationships, chaos, reaction time-delays, fluctuating environments, spatial systems, velocities of spread, epidemics, and spatial branching structures. Both deterministic and stochastic models are considered. Whilst the more theoretically orientated sections will appeal to mathematical biologists, the material is presented so that readers with little mathematical expertise can bypass these without losing the main flow of the text
Physical Description:xvii, 403 pages digital
ISBN:9780511624094