Modelling Biological Populations in Space and Time

Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; A list of symbols and notation; 1. Introductory remarks; 2. Simple birth-death processes; 3. General birth-death processes; 4. Time-lag models of population growth; 5. Competition processes; 6. Predator-prey processes; 7. Spatial predator-prey systems; 8. Fluctuating environments; 9. Spatial population dynamics; 10. Epidemic processes; 11. Linear and branching architectures; References; Author index; Subject index.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Renshaw, Eric (University of Edinburgh) Renshaw
• Assisted by: Eric Renshaw (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.1993
• EAN: 9780521448550
• ISBN: 978-0-521-44855-0
• No. of pages: 424
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Mathemati
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology