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Population Biology and Criticality

Author : Nico Stollenwerk
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 1848164017
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)

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Download or read book Population Biology and Criticality written by Nico Stollenwerk and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2011 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present book describes novel theories of mutation pathogen systems showing critical fluctuations, as a paradigmatic example of an application of the mathematics of critical phenomena to the life sciences. It will enable the reader to understand the implications and future impact of these findings, yet at same time allow him to actively follow the mathematical tools and scientific origins of critical phenomena. This book also seeks to pave the way to further fruitful applications of the mathematics of critical phenomena in other fields of the life sciences.

A Population Biology Reader

Author : Jon Lovett Doust
Publisher : WCB/McGraw-Hill
ISBN 13 : 9780697129598
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (295 download)

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Download or read book A Population Biology Reader written by Jon Lovett Doust and published by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Applied Population Biology

Author : S.K. Jain
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0585329117
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (853 download)

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Download or read book Applied Population Biology written by S.K. Jain and published by Springer. This book was released on 2007-07-23 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An increasing variety of biological problems involving resource management, conservation and environmental quality have been dealt with using the principles of population biology (defined to include population dynamics, genetics and certain aspects of community ecology). There appears to be a mixed record of successes and failures and almost no critical synthesis or reviews that have attempted to discuss the reasons and ways in which population biology, with its remarkable theoretical as well as experimental advances, could find more useful application in agriculture, forestry, fishery, medicine and resource and environmental management. This book provides examples of state-of-the-art applications by a distinguished group of researchers in several fields. The diversity of topics richly illustrates the scientific and economic breadth of their discussions as well as epistemological and comparative analyses by the authors and editors. Several principles and common themes are emphasized and both strengths and potential sources of uncertainty in applications are discussed. This volume will hopefully stimulate new interdisciplinary avenues of problem-solving research.

Competition Models in Population Biology

Author : Paul Waltman
Publisher : SIAM
ISBN 13 : 0898711886
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Competition Models in Population Biology written by Paul Waltman and published by SIAM. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses fundamental ideas in dynamical systems to answer questions of a biologic nature, in particular, questions about the behavior of populations given a relatively few hypotheses about the nature of their growth and interaction. The principal subject treated is that of coexistence under certain parameter ranges, while asymptotic methods are used to show competitive exclusion in other parameter ranges. Finally, some problems in genetics are posed and analyzed as problems in nonlinear ordinary differential equations.

Network Models in Population Biology

Author : E. R. Lewis
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642811345
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (428 download)

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Download or read book Network Models in Population Biology written by E. R. Lewis and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an outgrowth of one phase of an upper-division course on quantitative ecology, given each year for the past eight at Berkeley. I am most grateful to the students in that course and to many graduate students in the Berkeley Department of Zoology and Colleges of Engineering and Natural Resources whose spirited discussions inspired much of the book's content. I also am deeply grateful to those faculty colleagues with whom, at one time or another, I have shared courses or seminars in ecology or population biology, D.M. Auslander, L. Demetrius, G. Oster, O.H. Paris, F.A. Pitelka, A.M. Schultz, Y. Takahashi, D.B. Tyler, and P. Vogelhut, all of whom contributed substantially to the development of my thinking in those fields, to my Depart mental colleagues E. Polak and A.J. Thomasian, who guided me into the litera ture on numerical methods and stochastic processes, and to the graduate students who at one time or another have worked with me on population-biology projects, L.M. Brodnax, S-P. Chan, A. Elterman, G.C. Ferrell, D. Green, C. Hayashi, K-L. Lee, W.F. Martin Jr., D. May, J. Stamnes, G.E. Swanson, and I. Weeks, who, together, undoubtedly provided me with the greatest inspiration. I am indebted to the copy-editing and production staff of Springer-Verlag, especially to Ms. M. Muzeniek, for their diligence and skill, and to Mrs. Alice Peters, biomathematics editor, for her patience.

Population Ecology of Individuals

Author : Adam Lomnicki
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780691084626
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (846 download)

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Download or read book Population Ecology of Individuals written by Adam Lomnicki and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1988-03-21 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A common tendency in the field of population ecology has been to overlook individual differences by treating populations as homogeneous units; conversely, in behavioral ecology the tendency has been to concentrate on how individual behavior is shaped by evolutionary forces, but not on how this behavior affects population dynamics. Adam Lomnicki and others aim to remedy this one-sidedness by showing that the overall dynamical behavior of populations must ultimately be understood in terms of the behavior of individuals. Professor Lomnicki's wide-ranging presentation of this approach includes simple mathematical models aimed at describing both the origin and consequences of individual variation among plants and animals. The author contends that further progress in population ecology will require taking into account individual differences other than sex, age, and taxonomic affiliation--unequal access to resources, for instance. Population ecologists who adopt this viewpoint may discover new answers to classical questions of population ecology. Partly because it uses a variety of examples from many taxonomic groups, this work will appeal not only to population ecologists but to ecologists in general.

Complex Population Dynamics

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9814474207
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (144 download)

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Download or read book Complex Population Dynamics written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Population Reader

Author : Jon Lovett Doust
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780697254313
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (543 download)

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Download or read book A Population Reader written by Jon Lovett Doust and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Human Population Biology

Author : Michael A. Little
Publisher : Research Monographs on Human P
ISBN 13 : 0195050169
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Human Population Biology written by Michael A. Little and published by Research Monographs on Human P. This book was released on 1989 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a careful integration of the social and biological sciences, drawing on anthropology, biology, human ecology and medicine to provide a comprehensive understanding of how our species adapts to natural and man-made environments.

Prokhorov and Contemporary Probability Theory

Author : Albert N. Shiryaev
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3642335497
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (423 download)

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Download or read book Prokhorov and Contemporary Probability Theory written by Albert N. Shiryaev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-09 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov as a prominent mathematician and leading expert in the theory of probability is well known. Even early in his career he obtained substantial results on the validity of the strong law of large numbers and on the estimates (bounds) of the rates of convergence, some of which are the best possible. His findings on limit theorems in metric spaces and particularly functional limit theorems are of exceptional importance. Y.V. Prokhorov developed an original approach to the proof of functional limit theorems, based on the weak convergence of finite dimensional distributions and the condition of tightness of probability measures. The present volume commemorates the 80th birthday of Yuri Vasilyevich Prokhorov. It includes scientific contributions written by his colleagues, friends and pupils, who would like to express their deep respect and sincerest admiration for him and his scientific work.

Criticality in neural network behavior and its implications for computational processing in healthy and perturbed conditions

Author : Axel Sandvig
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832513247
Total Pages : 171 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis Criticality in neural network behavior and its implications for computational processing in healthy and perturbed conditions by : Axel Sandvig

Download or read book Criticality in neural network behavior and its implications for computational processing in healthy and perturbed conditions written by Axel Sandvig and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2023-02-03 with total page 171 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Population Ecology of Individuals

Author : Adam Lomnicki
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780608071275
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (712 download)

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Download or read book Population Ecology of Individuals written by Adam Lomnicki and published by . This book was released on 1988-01-01 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ~~A common tendency in the field of population ecology has been to overlook individual differences by treating populations as homogeneous units; conversely, in behavioral ecology the tendency has been to concentrate on how individual behavior is shaped by evolutionary forces, but not on how this behavior affects population dynamics. Adam Lomnicki and others aim to remedy this one-sidedness by showing that the overall dynamical behavior of populations must ultimately be understood in terms of the behavior of individuals. Professor Lomnicki's wide-ranging presentation of this approach includes simple mathematical models aimed at describing both the origin and consequences of individual variation among plants and animals. The author contends that further progress in population ecology will require taking into account individual differences other than sex, age, and taxonomic affiliation--unequal access to resources, for instance. Population ecologists who adopt this viewpoint may discover new answers to classical questions of population ecology. Partly because it uses a variety of examples from many taxonomic groups, this work will appeal not only to population ecologists but to ecologists in general.

Lectures in Theoretical Population Biology

Author : Lev R. Ginzburg
Publisher : Prentice Hall
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)

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Download or read book Lectures in Theoretical Population Biology written by Lev R. Ginzburg and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1985 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Metacommunity Ecology, Volume 59

Author : Mathew A. Leibold
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691049165
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Metacommunity Ecology, Volume 59 written by Mathew A. Leibold and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metacommunity ecology links smaller-scale processes that have been the provenance of population and community ecology—such as birth-death processes, species interactions, selection, and stochasticity—with larger-scale issues such as dispersal and habitat heterogeneity. Until now, the field has focused on evaluating the relative importance of distinct processes, with niche-based environmental sorting on one side and neutral-based ecological drift and dispersal limitation on the other. This book moves beyond these artificial categorizations, showing how environmental sorting, dispersal, ecological drift, and other processes influence metacommunity structure simultaneously. Mathew Leibold and Jonathan Chase argue that the relative importance of these processes depends on the characteristics of the organisms, the strengths and types of their interactions, the degree of habitat heterogeneity, the rates of dispersal, and the scale at which the system is observed. Using this synthetic perspective, they explore metacommunity patterns in time and space, including patterns of coexistence, distribution, and diversity. Leibold and Chase demonstrate how these processes and patterns are altered by micro- and macroevolution, traits and phylogenetic relationships, and food web interactions. They then use this scale-explicit perspective to illustrate how metacommunity processes are essential for understanding macroecological and biogeographical patterns as well as ecosystem-level processes. Moving seamlessly across scales and subdisciplines, Metacommunity Ecology is an invaluable reference, one that offers a more integrated approach to ecological patterns and processes.

Complex Population Dynamics

Author : Bernd Blasius
Publisher : World Scientific
ISBN 13 : 9812771581
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (127 download)

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Download or read book Complex Population Dynamics written by Bernd Blasius and published by World Scientific. This book was released on 2007 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of review articles is devoted to the modeling of ecological, epidemiological and evolutionary systems. Theoretical mathematical models are perhaps one of the most powerful approaches available for increasing our understanding of the complex population dynamics in these natural systems. Exciting new techniques are currently being developed to meet this challenge, such as generalized or structural modeling, adaptive dynamics or multiplicative processes. Many of these new techniques stem from the field of nonlinear dynamics and chaos theory, where even the simplest mathematical rule can generate a rich variety of dynamical behaviors that bear a strong analogy to biological populations.

Mathematical Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology

Author : Fred Brauer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1475735162
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Mathematical Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology written by Fred Brauer and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The goal of this book is to search for a balance between simple and analyzable models and unsolvable models which are capable of addressing important questions on population biology. Part I focusses on single species simple models including those which have been used to predict the growth of human and animal population in the past. Single population models are, in some sense, the building blocks of more realistic models -- the subject of Part II. Their role is fundamental to the study of ecological and demographic processes including the role of population structure and spatial heterogeneity -- the subject of Part III. This book, which will include both examples and exercises, is of use to practitioners, graduate students, and scientists working in the field.

Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology

Author : Stephen H. Jenkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199981043
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)

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Download or read book Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology written by Stephen H. Jenkins and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2015 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The American Association for the Advancement of Science's report on Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education suggests that instructors "can no longer rely solely on trying to cover a syllabus packed with topics" but rather should "introduce fewer concepts but present them in greater depth." They further suggest that the principles embodied in a set of core concepts and competencies should be the basis for all undergraduate biology courses, including those designed for nonmajors. The theme of Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology will be the first and most fundamental of these competencies: the ability to apply the process of science. Biology courses and curricula must engage students in how scientific inquiry is conducted, including evaluating and interpreting scientific explanations of the natural world. The book uses diverse examples to illustrate how experiments work, how hypotheses can be tested by systematic and comparative observations when experiments aren't possible, how models are useful in science, and how sound decisions can be based on the weight of evidence even when uncertainty remains. These are fundamental issues in the process of science that are important for everyone to understand, whether they pursue careers in science or not. Where other introductory biology textbooks are organized by scientific concepts, Tools for Critical Thinking in Biology will instead show how methods can be used to test hypotheses in fields as different as ecology and medicine, using contemporary case studies. The book will provide students with a deeper understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of such methods for answering new questions, and will thereby change the way they think about the fundamentals of biology.