Diffusion And Ecological Problems Modern Perspectives

Author : Akira Okubo,Smon A. Levin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 468 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475749786

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Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives by Akira Okubo,Smon A. Levin Pdf

Surveying a wide variety of mathematical models of diffusion in the ecological context, this book is written with the primary intent of providing scientists, particularly physicists but also biologists, with some background of the mathematics and physics of diffusion and how they can be applied to ecological problems. Equally, this is a specialized text book for graduates interested in mathematical ecology -- assuming no more than a basic knowledge of probability and differential equations. Each chapter in this new edition has been substantially updated by appopriate leading researchers in the field and contains much new material covering recent developments.

Author : Akira Okubo,Smon A. Levin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1475749791

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Diffusion and Ecological Problems by Akira Okubo,Smon A. Levin Pdf

Author : Sun-Kee Hong,John A. Lee,Byung-Sun Ihm,A. Farina,Yowhan Son,Kim Eun-Shik,Jae C. Choe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402026898

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Ecological Issues in a Changing World by Sun-Kee Hong,John A. Lee,Byung-Sun Ihm,A. Farina,Yowhan Son,Kim Eun-Shik,Jae C. Choe Pdf

This volume offers selected contributions to the 8th International Congress of Ecology to illuminate large-scale ecological problems and discuss how these can be managed through a variety of planning processes. From mathematical approaches to improve understanding of complex ecosystems, to monitoring activity and human impact, this book covers a truly global range of issues. The book concludes with a summary of the Congress, and a discussion of possible future directions.

Author : Paul R. Moorcroft,Mark A. Lewis
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781400849734

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Mechanistic Home Range Analysis. (MPB-43) by Paul R. Moorcroft,Mark A. Lewis Pdf

Spatial patterns of movement are fundamental to the ecology of animal populations, influencing their social organization, mating systems, demography, and the spatial distribution of prey and competitors. However, our ability to understand the causes and consequences of animal home range patterns has been limited by the descriptive nature of the statistical models used to analyze them. In Mechanistic Home Range Analysis, Paul Moorcroft and Mark Lewis develop a radically new framework for studying animal home range patterns based on the analysis of correlated random work models for individual movement behavior. They use this framework to develop a series of mechanistic home range models for carnivore populations. The authors' analysis illustrates how, in contrast to traditional statistical home range models that merely describe pattern, mechanistic home range models can be used to discover the underlying ecological determinants of home range patterns observed in populations, make accurate predictions about how spatial distributions of home ranges will change following environmental or demographic disturbance, and analyze the functional significance of the movement strategies of individuals that give rise to observed patterns of space use. By providing researchers and graduate students of ecology and wildlife biology with a more illuminating way to analyze animal movement, Mechanistic Home Range Analysis will be an indispensable reference for years to come.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Springer
Page : 7493 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2016-05-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781349588022

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The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics by Anonim Pdf

The award-winning The New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics, 2nd edition is now available as a dynamic online resource. Consisting of over 1,900 articles written by leading figures in the field including Nobel prize winners, this is the definitive scholarly reference work for a new generation of economists. Regularly updated! This product is a subscription based product.

Author : V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre,Luca Giuggioli
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 331 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781108841405

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Theory of the Spread of Epidemics and Movement Ecology of Animals by V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre,Luca Giuggioli Pdf

Powerful analytical tools from statistical physics, guided by field observations are applied to spread of epidemics and movement ecology.

Author : Cláudia P. Ferreira,Wesley A.C Godoy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-10-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783319068770

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Ecological Modelling Applied to Entomology by Cláudia P. Ferreira,Wesley A.C Godoy Pdf

Insects, when studied from the ecological perspective, provide a great opportunity for scientific studies emphasizing population theory. The simple fact of being successful organisms for their ability to colonize different habitats or even for their high reproductive potential, increases the interest of ecologists in conducting studies focused on population and community level. Mathematical models are powerful tools that can capture the essence of many biological systems and investigate ecological patterns associated to ecological stability dependent on endogenous and exogenous factors. This proposal comes from the idea of adding experiences of researchers interested in working at the interface between mathematical and computation theory and problems centered on entomology, showing how mathematical modelling can be an important tool for understanding population dynamics, behavior, pest management, spatial structure and conservation.

Author : Kimberly A. With
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-07-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780192575364

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Essentials of Landscape Ecology by Kimberly A. With Pdf

Human activity during the Anthropocene has transformed landscapes worldwide on a scale that rivals or exceeds even the largest of natural forces. Landscape ecology has emerged as a science to investigate the interactions between natural and anthropogenic landscapes and ecological processes across a wide range of scales and systems: from the effects of habitat or resource distributions on the individual movements, gene flow, and population dynamics of plants and animals; to the human alteration of landscapes affecting the structure of biological communities and the functioning of entire ecosystems; to the sustainable management of natural resources and the ecosystem goods and services upon which society depends. This novel and comprehensive text presents the principles, theory, methods, and applications of landscape ecology in an engaging and accessible format that is supplemented by numerous examples and case studies from a variety of systems, including freshwater and marine "scapes".

Author : National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Committee on Mathematical Sciences Research for DOE's Computational Biology
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 163 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-07-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309095846

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Mathematics and 21st Century Biology by National Research Council,Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences,Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications,Committee on Mathematical Sciences Research for DOE's Computational Biology Pdf

The exponentially increasing amounts of biological data along with comparable advances in computing power are making possible the construction of quantitative, predictive biological systems models. This development could revolutionize those biology-based fields of science. To assist this transformation, the U.S. Department of Energy asked the National Research Council to recommend mathematical research activities to enable more effective use of the large amounts of existing genomic information and the structural and functional genomic information being created. The resulting study is a broad, scientifically based view of the opportunities lying at the mathematical science and biology interface. The book provides a review of past successes, an examination of opportunities at the various levels of biological systemsâ€" from molecules to ecosystemsâ€"an analysis of cross-cutting themes, and a set of recommendations to advance the mathematics-biology connection that are applicable to all agencies funding research in this area.

Author : Kristine K. Fowler
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2004-05-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0824750357

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Using the Mathematics Literature by Kristine K. Fowler Pdf

This reference serves as a reader-friendly guide to every basic tool and skill required in the mathematical library and helps mathematicians find resources in any format in the mathematics literature. It lists a wide range of standard texts, journals, review articles, newsgroups, and Internet and database tools for every major subfield in mathematics and details methods of access to primary literature sources of new research, applications, results, and techniques. Using the Mathematics Literature is the most comprehensive and up-to-date resource on mathematics literature in both print and electronic formats, presenting time-saving strategies for retrieval of the latest information.

Author : Magdalena Stolarska,Nicoleta Tarfulea
Publisher : Springer
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2018-11-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783319968421

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Cell Movement by Magdalena Stolarska,Nicoleta Tarfulea Pdf

This book contains a collection of original research articles and review articles that describe novel mathematical modeling techniques and the application of those techniques to models of cell motility in a variety of contexts. The aim is to highlight some of the recent mathematical work geared at understanding the coordination of intracellular processes involved in the movement of cells. This collection will benefit researchers interested in cell motility as well graduate students taking a topics course in this area.

Author : Sergei V. Petrovskii,Bai-Lian Li
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2005-07-28
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1420034960

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Exactly Solvable Models of Biological Invasion by Sergei V. Petrovskii,Bai-Lian Li Pdf

Much of our current knowledge on biological invasion was derived from field studies, but many recent advances relied heavily on mathematics and computing, particularly mathematical modeling. While numerical simulations are clearly a useful approach, they have some serious drawbacks. Approximations errors and the number of parameter values can have a significant impact on the simulation results, the extent of which often remains obscure. Such difficulties do not arise, however, when the problem can be solved analytically. Exactly Solvable Models of Biological Invasion demonstrates the advantages and methods of obtaining exact solutions of partial differential equations that describe nonlinear problems encountered in the study of invasive species spread. With emphasis on PDEs of diffusion-reaction type, the authors present a comprehensive collection of exactly solvable models and a unified, self-contained description of the relevant mathematical methods. In doing so, they also provide new insight into important issues such as the impact of the Allee effect, the impact of predation, and the interplay between different modes of species dispersal. Full calculation details make this presentation accessible to biologists as well as applied mathematicians, and a range of ecological examples and applications demonstrate the utility of exact methods in practice. Exact solutions provide an immediate, complete description of system dynamics for a wide class of initial conditions and serve as a convenient tool for testing numerical algorithms and codes used in more specialized studies. This book lays the groundwork for bringing the power of exactly solvable models to bear on real-world ecological problems.

Author : Mark A. Lewis,Philip K. Maini,Sergei V. Petrovskii
Publisher : Springer
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-03-21
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783642354977

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Dispersal, Individual Movement and Spatial Ecology by Mark A. Lewis,Philip K. Maini,Sergei V. Petrovskii Pdf

Dispersal of plants and animals is one of the most fascinating subjects in ecology. It has long been recognized as an important factor affecting ecosystem dynamics. Dispersal is apparently a phenomenon of biological origin; however, because of its complexity, it cannot be studied comprehensively by biological methods alone. Deeper insights into dispersal properties and implications require interdisciplinary approaches involving biologists, ecologists and mathematicians. The purpose of this book is to provide a forum for researches with different backgrounds and expertise and to ensure further advances in the study of dispersal and spatial ecology. This book is unique in its attempt to give an overview of dispersal studies across different spatial scales, such as the scale of individual movement, the population scale and the scale of communities and ecosystems. It is written by top-level experts in the field of dispersal modeling and covers a wide range of problems ranging from the identification of Levy walks in animal movement to the implications of dispersal on an evolutionary timescale.

Author : Karline Soetaert,Peter M. J. Herman
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2008-10-14
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781402086243

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A Practical Guide to Ecological Modelling by Karline Soetaert,Peter M. J. Herman Pdf

Mathematical modelling is an essential tool in present-day ecological research. Yet for many ecologists it is still problematic to apply modelling in their research. In our experience, the major problem is at the conceptual level: proper understanding of what a model is, how ecological relations can be translated consistently into mathematical equations, how models are solved, steady states calculated and interpreted. Many textbooks jump over these conceptual hurdles to dive into detailed formulations or the mathematics of solution. This book attempts to fill that gap. It introduces essential concepts for mathematical modelling, explains the mathematics behind the methods, and helps readers to implement models and obtain hands-on experience. Throughout the book, emphasis is laid on how to translate ecological questions into interpretable models in a practical way. The book aims to be an introductory textbook at the undergraduate-graduate level, but will also be useful to seduce experienced ecologists into the world of modelling. The range of ecological models treated is wide, from Lotka-Volterra type of principle-seeking models to environmental or ecosystem models, and including matrix models, lattice models and sequential decision models. All chapters contain a concise introduction into the theory, worked-out examples and exercises. All examples are implemented in the open-source package R, thus taking away problems of software availability for use of the book. All code used in the book is available on a dedicated website.

Author : Fred Jopp,Hauke Reuter,Broder Breckling
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783642050299

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Modelling Complex Ecological Dynamics by Fred Jopp,Hauke Reuter,Broder Breckling Pdf

Model development is of vital importance for understanding and management of ecological processes. Identifying the complex relationships between ecological patterns and processes is a crucial task. Ecological modelling—both qualitatively and quantitatively—plays a vital role in analysing ecological phenomena and for ecological theory. This textbook provides a unique overview of modelling approaches. Representing the state-of-the-art in modern ecology, it shows how to construct and work with various different model types. It introduces the background of each approach and its application in ecology. Differential equations, matrix approaches, individual-based models and many other relevant modelling techniques are explained and demonstrated with their use. The authors provide links to software tools and course materials. With chapters written by leading specialists, “Modelling Complex Ecological Dynamics” is an essential contribution to expand the qualification of students, teachers and scientists alike.