Mathematical Ecology: An Introduction (Biomathematics)

Thomas G. Hallam; Simon A. Levin

ISBN 10: 3540136312 / ISBN 13: 9783540136316

Published by Springer, Germany, 1986

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Hardcover, xii + 457 pages, NOT ex-library. Signs of light wear. Book is clean with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, securely bound. No foxing, no age-spotting. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Ecology: An Idiosyncratic Overview by Louis J. Gross; Part II. Physiological and Behavioral Ecology -- Biophysical Ecology: An Introduction to Organism Response to Environment by Louis J. Gross; An Overview of Foraging Theory by Louis J. Gross; Part III. Population Ecology -- Population Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment by Thomas G. Hallam; Formulation of Age-Structure Models by R.M. Nisbet & W.S.C. Gurney; Analysis of Age-Structure Models by James C. Frauenthal; Random Walk Models of Movement and Their Implications by Simon A. Levin; Stochastic Population Theory: Birth and Death Processes by Luigi M. Ricciardi; Stochastic Population Theory: Diffusion Processes by Luigi M. Ricciardi; Part IV. Communities and Ecosystems -- Community Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment by Thomas G. Hallam; Interacting Age Structured Populations by Alan Hastings; Population Models and Community Structure in Heterogeneous Environments by Simon A. Levin; Stochastic Community Theory: A Partially Guided Tour by Michael Turelli; A Theoretical Basis for Modeling Element Cycling by Ray R. Lassiter; Part V. Applied Mathematical Ecology -- Bioeconomics and the Management of Renewable Resources by Jon M. Conrad; Population Biology of Microparasitic Infections by Robert M. May; Author Index; Subject Index -- "There is probably no more appropriate location to hold a course on mathematical ecology than Italy, the country of Vito Volterra, a founding father of the subject. The Trieste 1982 Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology consisted of four weeks of very concentrated scholasticism and aestheticism. The first weeks were devoted to fundamentals and principles of mathematical ecology. A nucleus of the material from the lectures presented during this period constitutes this book.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mathematical Ecology: An Introduction (Biomathematics)
• Publisher: Springer, Germany
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3540136312
• ISBN 13: 9783540136316
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Very Good

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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.