Modelling Biological Populations in Space and Time: 11 (Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology, Series Number 11) - Softcover

Renshaw, Eric

 
9780521448550: Modelling Biological Populations in Space and Time: 11 (Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology, Series Number 11)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0521448557 ISBN 13: 9780521448550
Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1993

Synopsis

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.

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Review

"...an excellent introduction to the world of deterministic and stochastic models for population growth, both for students of applied mathematics and statistics at the undergraduate and postgraduate level and for advanced students of theoretical biology." Andris Abakuks, Mathematical Reviews

"An excellent reference for the class of mathematical models that it considers....The quality of the book is high....As an applied statistician with an interest--and some background--in the models discussed, I found the book easy to read, extremely useful, and its perspective sensible. It is well worth its price." Judy Zeh, Journal of the American Statistical Association

Book Description

This volume develops a unifying approach to population studies emphasising the interplay between modelling and experimentation. Deterministic and stochastic effects are discussed, together with spatial and non-spatial elements. This provides a stimulating and wide-ranging account of the subject.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Publication date
1993
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0521448557
ISBN 13 
9780521448550
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
422

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