Mathematics for Ecology and Environmental Sciences

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Takeuchi, Yasuhiro (Editor), Iwasa, Yoh (Editor), Sato, Kazunori (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Biological and Medical Physics, Biomedical Engineering,
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Ecology.; Community ecology, Biotic.; Applied mathematics.; Engineering mathematics.; Biomathematics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Mathematical and Computational Biology.; Applications of Mathematics.; Community & Population Ecology.; Genetics and Population Dynamics.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

Dynamical systems theory in mathematical biology has attracted much attention from many scientific directions. The purpose of this volume is to discuss the many rich and interesting properties of dynamical systems that appear in ecology and environmental sciences. The main topics include population...

Table of Contents:

• Ecology as a Modern Science
• Physiologically Structured Population Models: Towards a General Mathematical Theory
• A Survey of Indirect Reciprocity
• The Effects of Migration on Persistence and Extinction
• Sexual Reproduction Process on One-Dimensional Stochastic Lattice Model
• A Mathematical Model of Gene Transfer in a Biofilm
• Nonlinearity and Stochasticity in Population Dynamics
• The Adaptive Dynamics of Community Structure.