Ecological Dynamics

List of contents

I. Methodologies and Techniques; 1. Ecological Modelling; 2. Dynamics; 3. A Dynamicist's Toolbox; II. Individuals to Ecosystems; 4. Modelling Individuals; 5. Single species populations; 6. Interacting populations; 7. Ecosystems; 8. Physiologically Structured Populations; 9. Spatially Structured Populations; Bibliography; Index

Summary

Intended as both an introductory text for ecology courses and a resource for more advanced work, this book offers a flexible introduction to ecological dynamics which should be accessible to students with limited previous mathematical and computational experience. Case studies are included.

Product details

• Authors: Nisbet Gurney, W. S. C. Gurney, W.S.C. Gurney, W.s.c. Nisbet Gurney, R. M. Nisbet, R.M. Nisbet
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1998
• EAN: 9780195104431
• ISBN: 978-0-19-510443-1
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Mathematics > General, dictionaries; Microbiology (non-medical), SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / General, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Ecology, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, MATHEMATICS / Applied, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Microbiology, Ecological science, the Biosphere, Plant Ecology, Animal Ecology, Maths for scientists, Zoology and animal sciences, Botany and plant sciences