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Mathematical Ecology of Populations and Ecosystems

By John Pastor

Book information

Year
2008
ISBN
1405177950, 9781405177955, 1405188111, 9781405188111, 9781444300956
LCC
QH541.15.M3 P37 2008
Open Library ID
OL16679761M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3069351 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
344\344
Topic
Biology Ecology
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07
Экологические дисциплины;Матметоды и моделирование

Description

Population ecologists study how births and deaths affect the dynamics of populations and communities while ecosystem ecologists study how species control the flux of energy and materials through food webs and ecosystems. Although all these processes occur simultaneously in nature, the mathematical frameworks bridging the two disciplines have developed independently. Consequently, this independent development of theory has impeded the cross-fertilization of population and ecosystem ecology. Using recent developments from dynamical systems theory, this advanced undergraduate/graduate level textbook shows how to bridge the two disciplines seamlessly. The book shows how bifurcations between the solutions of models can help understand regime shifts in natural populations and ecosystems once thresholds in rates of births, deaths, consumption, competition, nutrient inputs, and decay are crossed.Mathematical Ecology is essential reading for students of ecology who have had a first course in calculus and linear algebra or students in mathematics wishing to learn how dynamical systems theory can be applied to ecological problems.

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