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Mathematical Modeling in Ecology - A Workbook for Students (Paperback, 1989 ed.)
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Mathematical Modeling in Ecology - A Workbook for Students (Paperback, 1989 ed.)
Series: Mathematical Modeling, 3
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Mathematical ecology is the application of mathematics to describe
and understand ecosystems. There are two main approaches. One is to
describe natural communities and induce statistical patterns or
relationships which should generally occur. However, this book is
devoted entirely to introducing the student to the second approach:
to study deterministic mathematical models and, on the basis of
mathematical results on the models, to look for the same patterns
or relationships in nature. This book is a compromise between three
competing desiderata. It seeks to: maximize the generality of the
models; constrain the models to "behave" realistically, that is, to
exhibit stability and other features; and minimize the difficulty
of presentations of the models. The ultimate goal of the book is to
introduce the reader to the general mathematical tools used in
building realistic ecosystem models. Just such a model is presented
in Chapter Nine. The book should also serve as a stepping-stone
both to advanced mathematical works like Stability of Biological
Communities by Yu. M. Svirezhev and D. O. Logofet (Mir, Moscow,
1983) and to advanced modeling texts like Freshwater Ecosystems by
M. Straskraba and A. H. Gnauch (Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1985).
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