The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox
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The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox

Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

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eBook - PDF

The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox

Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

About this book

Mathematical modelling is widely used in ecology and evolutionary biology and it is a topic that many biologists find difficult to grasp. In this new textbook Marc Mangel provides a no-nonsense introduction to the skills needed to understand the principles of theoretical and mathematical biology. Fundamental theories and applications are introduced using numerous examples from current biological research, complete with illustrations to highlight key points. Exercises are also included throughout the text to show how theory can be applied and to test knowledge gained so far. Suitable for advanced undergraduate courses in theoretical and mathematical biology, this book forms an essential resource for anyone wanting to gain an understanding of theoretical ecology and evolution.

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Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2006
Print ISBN
9780521537483
eBook ISBN
9780511242878
Topic
Scienze biologiche
Subtopic
Ecologia

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface: Bill Mote, Youngblood Hawke, and Mel Brooks
  8. Permissions
  9. Chapter 1 Four examples and a metaphor
  10. Chapter 2 Topics from ordinary and partial differential equations
  11. Chapter 3 Probability and some statistics
  12. Chapter 4 The evolutionary ecology of parasitoids
  13. Chapter 5 The population biology of disease
  14. Chapter 6 An introduction to some of the problems of sustainable fisheries
  15. Chapter 7 The basics of stochastic population dynamics
  16. Chapter 8 Applications of stochastic population dynamics to ecology, evolution, and biodemography
  17. References
  18. Index