The Analysis Of Biological Populations

Author : B.-S. Goh
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0444599622
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management and Analysis of Biological Populations written by B.-S. Goh and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2012-12-02 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Management and Analysis of Biological Populations demonstrates the usefulness of optimal control theory in the management of biological populations and the Liapunov function in simulating an ecosystem model under large perturbations of its initial state and continual disturbances on its dynamics. The first chapter of the book introduces the topic by presenting the different models in ecology and discussing the stability concepts, the ecological engineering, and various relevant functions in ecosystem modeling. The next chapter contains a brief survey of static optimization techniques and optimal control theory for systems, which are modeled by differential and difference equations. Another chapter covers methods that use Liapunov and Liapunov-like functions to establish that a given population model is stable relative to finite perturbations of its initial state and that it is non-vulnerable relative to large continual disturbances. The book also covers fisheries and logistic modeling, including a discussion of a few management problems. Moreover, this reference considers stability in an ecosystem model with complexities due to species richness, nonlinearities, time delays, and spatial heterogeneity. Finally, it explains how to manage pests and greenhouse crops. The book is an excellent reference source for students and professionals in ecology and environmental engineering. Research professionals and extended workers in agriculture and agronomy will also find this book invaluable.

Author : Mark Williamson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Analysis of Biological Populations written by Mark Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alfred J. Lotka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475791763
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analytical Theory of Biological Populations written by Alfred J. Lotka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 50 years that have passed since Alfred Latka's death in 1949 his position as the father of mathematical demography has been secure. With his first demographic papers in 1907 and 1911 (the latter co authored with F. R. Sharpe) he laid the foundations for stable population theory, and over the next decades both largely completed it and found convenient mathematical approximations that gave it practical applica tions. Since his time, the field has moved in several directions he did not foresee, but in the main it is still his. Despite Latka's stature, however, the reader still needs to hunt through the old journals to locate his principal works. As yet no exten sive collections of his papers are in print, and for his part he never as sembled his contributions into a single volume in English. He did so in French, in the two part Theorie Analytique des Associations Biologiques (1934, 1939). Drawing on his Elements of Physical Biology (1925) and most of his mathematical papers, Latka offered French readers insights into his biological thought and a concise and mathematically accessible summary of what he called recent contributions in demographic analy sis. We would be accurate in also calling it Latka's contributions in demographic analysis.

Author : Mark Herbert Williamson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Analysis of Biological Populations written by Mark Herbert Williamson and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael C. Whitlock
Publisher : Macmillan Higher Education
ISBN 13 : 1319226299
Total Pages : 2074 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Analysis of Biological Data written by Michael C. Whitlock and published by Macmillan Higher Education. This book was released on 2019-11-22 with total page 2074 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Analysis of Biological Data provides students with a practical foundation of statistics for biology students. Every chapter has several biological or medical examples of key concepts, and each example is prefaced by a substantial description of the biological setting. The emphasis on real and interesting examples carries into the problem sets where students have dozens of practice problems based on real data. The third edition features over 200 new examples and problems. These include new calculation practice problems, which guide the student step by step through the methods, and a greater number of examples and topics come from medical and human health research. Every chapter has been carefully edited for even greater clarity and ease of use. All the data sets, R scripts for all worked examples in the book, as well as many other teaching resources, are available to qualified instructors (see below).

Author : T. Royama
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401129169
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analytical Population Dynamics written by T. Royama and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A knowledge of animal population dynamics is essential for the proper management of natural resources and the environment. This book, now available in paperback, develops basic concepts and a rigorous methodology for the analysis of animal population dynamics to identify the underlying mechanisms.

Author : Byron K. Williams
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 0127544062
Total Pages : 837 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Analysis and Management of Animal Populations written by Byron K. Williams and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2002-04-17 with total page 837 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Analysis and Management of Animal Populations deals with the processes involved in making informed decisions about the management of animal populations. It covers the modeling of population responses to management actions, the estimation of quantities needed in the modeling effort, and the application of these estimates and models to the development of sound management decisions. The book synthesizes and integrates in a single volume the methods associated with these themes, as they apply to ecological assessment and conservation of animal populations. Integrates population modeling, parameter estimation and decision-theoretic approaches to management in a single, cohesive framework Provides authoritative, state-of-the-art descriptions of quantitative approaches to modeling, estimation and decision-making Emphasizes the role of mathematical modeling in the conduct of science and management Utilizes a unifying biological context, consistent mathematical notation, and numerous biological examples

Author : Bean-San Goh
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780444415158
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Management and Analysis of Biological Populations written by Bean-San Goh and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Steven R. Beissinger
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226041786
Total Pages : 594 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Population Viability Analysis written by Steven R. Beissinger and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2002-05-04 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many of the world's leading conservation and population biologists evaluate what has become a key tool in estimating extinction risk and evaluating potential recovery strategies - population viability analysis, or PVA.

Author : Eric Renshaw
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521448550
Total Pages : 428 pages
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Download or read book Modelling Biological Populations in Space and Time written by Eric Renshaw and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-08-26 with total page 428 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.