An Introduction to Mathematical Population Dynamics Along the trail of Volterra and Lotka /

This book is an introduction to mathematical biology for students with no experience in biology, but who have some mathematical background. The work is focused on population dynamics and ecology, following a tradition that goes back to Lotka and Volterra, and includes a part devoted to the spread of...

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Authors / Creators: Iannelli, Mimmo. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Pugliese, Andrea. (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Other Authors / Creators:Pugliese, Andrea. author.
Other Corporate Authors / Creators:SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Imprint: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Series:La Matematica per il 3+2, 79
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Online Access:Available in Springer Mathematics and Statistics eBooks 2014 English/International.
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Malthus, Verhulst and all that
  • 2 Delayed population models
  • 3 Models of discrete-time population growth
  • 4 Stochastic modeling of population growth
  • 5 Spatial spread of a population
  • 6 Prey-predator models
  • 7 Competition among species
  • 8 Mathematical modeling of epidemics
  • 9 Models with several species and trophic levels
  • 10 Appendices: A Basic theory of Ordinary Differential Equations; B Delay Equations; C Discrete dynamics; D Continuous-time Markov chains.