A Practical Guide to Ecological Modelling Using R as a Simulation Platform /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Soetaert, Karline (Editor), Herman, Peter M.J (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2009.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Geobiology.; Computer simulation.; Ecology.; Applied ecology.; Life Sciences.; Applied Ecology.; Simulation and Modeling.; Environmental Monitoring/Analysis.; Biogeosciences.

Many texts on ecological models jump to describing either particular relations or computational results, without treating in detail the conceptual and mathematical basis of many steps in modelling: why set up models, what are basic conceptual models, how do conservation laws come in, how are models...