Elements Of Mathematical Ecology

Author : Mark Kot
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521001502
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Mathematical Ecology written by Mark Kot and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-07-19 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction to classical and modern mathematical models, methods, and issues in population ecology.

Author : D. Logofet
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351091220
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Matrices and Graphs Stability Problems in Mathematical Ecology written by D. Logofet and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-02-01 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intuitive ideas of stability in dynamics of a biological population, community, or ecosystem can be formalized in the framework of corresponding mathematical models. These are often represented by systems of ordinary differential equations or difference equations. Matrices and Graphs covers achievements in the field using concepts from matrix theory and graph theory. The book effectively surveys applications of mathematical results pertinent to issues of theoretical and applied ecology. The only mathematical prerequisite for using Matrices and Graphs is a working knowledge of linear algebra and matrices. The book is ideal for biomathematicians, ecologists, and applied mathematicians doing research on dynamic behavior of model populations and communities consisting of multi-component systems. It will also be valuable as a text for a graduate-level topics course in applied math or mathematical ecology.

Author : Thomas G. Hallam
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642698883
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Ecology written by Thomas G. Hallam and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There isprobably no more appropriate location to hold a course on mathematical ecology than Italy, the countryofVito Volterra, a founding father ofthe subject. The Trieste 1982Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology consisted of four weeksofvery concentrated scholasticism and aestheticism. The first weeks were devoted to fundamentals and principles ofmathematicalecology. A nucleusofthe material from the lectures presented during this period constitutes this book. The final week and a half of the Course was apportioned to the Trieste Research Conference on Mathematical Ecology whose proceedings have been published as Volume 54, Lecture Notes in Biomathematics, Springer-Verlag. The objectivesofthe first portionofthe course wereambitious and, probably, unattainable. Basic principles of the areas of physiological, population, com munitY, and ecosystem ecology that have solid ecological and mathematical foundations were to be presented. Classical terminology was to be introduced, important fundamental topics were to be developed, some past and some current problems of interest were to be presented, and directions for possible research were to be provided. Due to time constraints, the coverage could not be encyclopedic;many areas covered already have merited treatises of book length. Consequently, preliminary foundation material was covered in some detail, but subject overviewsand area syntheseswerepresented when research frontiers were being discussed. These lecture notes reflect this course philosophy.

Author : Goran I. Agren
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521646512
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Theoretical Ecosystem Ecology written by Goran I. Agren and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-13 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The cycling of elements such as carbon and nitrogen is of central importance in ecology, particularly when humans are causing changes to element cycles on a global scale. In this 1996 book a rigorous mathematical framework is developed to model how element cycles operate and interact in plants and soils, forming the foundations of a new ecosystem theory. From a few basic equations, powerful predictions can be generated covering a wide range of ecological phenomena related to element cycling. These predictions are tested extensively against field and laboratory studies of agricultural and forest ecosystems. This work will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in theoretical ecology, soil science, forestry and biogeochemistry.

Author : John Pastor
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1444358456
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Ecology of Populations and Ecosystems written by John Pastor and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-08-31 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MATHEMATICAL ECOLOGY Population ecologists study how births and deaths affect the dynamics of populations and communities, while ecosystem ecologists study how species control the flux of energy and materials through food webs and ecosystems. Although all these processes occur simultaneously in nature, the mathematical frameworks bridging the two disciplines have developed independently. Consequently, this independent development of theory has impeded the cross-fertilization of population and ecosystem ecology. Using recent developments from dynamical systems theory, this advanced undergraduate/graduate level textbook shows how to bridge the two disciplines seamlessly. The book shows how bifurcations between the solutions of models can help understand regime shifts in natural populations and ecosystems once thresholds in rates of births, deaths, consumption, competition, nutrient inputs, and decay are crossed. Mathematical Ecology is essential reading for students of ecology who have had a first course in calculus and linear algebra or students in mathematics wishing to learn how dynamical systems theory can be applied to ecological problems.

Author : Robert W. Sterner
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400885698
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ecological Stoichiometry written by Robert W. Sterner and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All life is chemical. That fact underpins the developing field of ecological stoichiometry, the study of the balance of chemical elements in ecological interactions. This long-awaited book brings this field into its own as a unifying force in ecology and evolution. Synthesizing a wide range of knowledge, Robert Sterner and Jim Elser show how an understanding of the biochemical deployment of elements in organisms from microbes to metazoa provides the key to making sense of both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. After summarizing the chemistry of elements and their relative abundance in Earth's environment, the authors proceed along a line of increasing complexity and scale from molecules to cells, individuals, populations, communities, and ecosystems. The book examines fundamental chemical constraints on ecological phenomena such as competition, herbivory, symbiosis, energy flow in food webs, and organic matter sequestration. In accessible prose and with clear mathematical models, the authors show how ecological stoichiometry can illuminate diverse fields of study, from metabolism to global change. Set to be a classic in the field, Ecological Stoichiometry is an indispensable resource for researchers, instructors, and students of ecology, evolution, physiology, and biogeochemistry. From the foreword by Peter Vitousek: "[T]his book represents a significant milestone in the history of ecology. . . . Love it or argue with it--and I do both--most ecologists will be influenced by the framework developed in this book. . . . There are points to question here, and many more to test . . . And if we are both lucky and good, this questioning and testing will advance our field beyond the level achieved in this book. I can't wait to get on with it."

Author : A.J. Lotka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book Elements of Mathematical Biology written by A.J. Lotka and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred J. Lotka
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 465 pages
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Download or read book Elements of Mathematical Biology written by Alfred J. Lotka and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General principles; Kinetics; Statics; Dynamics.

Author : Alfred James Lotka
Publisher : New York : Dover Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Elements of Mathematical Biology written by Alfred James Lotka and published by New York : Dover Publications. This book was released on 1956 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : N.V. Hritonenko
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441997334
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Modeling in Economics, Ecology and the Environment written by N.V. Hritonenko and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-04-17 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The problems of interrelation between human economics and natural environment include scientific, technical, economic, demographic, social, political and other aspects that are studied by scientists of many specialities. One of the important aspects in scientific study of environmental and ecological problems is the development of mathematical and computer tools for rational management of economics and environment. This book introduces a wide range of mathematical models in economics, ecology and environmental sciences to a general mathematical audience with no in-depth experience in this specific area. Areas covered are: controlled economic growth and technological development, world dynamics, environmental impact, resource extraction, air and water pollution propagation, ecological population dynamics and exploitation. A variety of known models are considered, from classical ones (Cobb Douglass production function, Leontief input-output analysis, Solow models of economic dynamics, Verhulst-Pearl and Lotka-Volterra models of population dynamics, and others) to the models of world dynamics and the models of water contamination propagation used after Chemobyl nuclear catastrophe. Special attention is given to modelling of hierarchical regional economic-ecological interaction and technological change in the context of environmental impact. Xlll XIV Construction of Mathematical Models ...