Complex population dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a theoretical/empirical synthesis / / Peter Turchin |
Autore | Turchin Peter <1957-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (471 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Collana |
Monographs in Population Biology
Monographs in population biology |
Soggetto topico | Population biology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-4008-4728-1
1-299-13326-6 |
Classificazione | WI 2100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. Data -- pt. 3. Case studies. |
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Complex population dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : a theoretical/empirical synthesis / / Peter Turchin |
Autore | Turchin Peter <1957-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (471 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Collana |
Monographs in Population Biology
Monographs in population biology |
Soggetto topico | Population biology |
ISBN |
1-4008-4728-1
1-299-13326-6 |
Classificazione | WI 2100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. Data -- pt. 3. Case studies. |
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Complex population dynamics : a theoretical/empirical synthesis / / Peter Turchin |
Autore | Turchin Peter <1957-> |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (471 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Collana |
Monographs in Population Biology
Monographs in population biology |
Soggetto topico | Population biology |
ISBN |
1-4008-4728-1
1-299-13326-6 |
Classificazione | WI 2100 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | pt. 1. Theory -- pt. 2. Data -- pt. 3. Case studies. |
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Complex population dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : nonlinear modeling in ecology, epidemiology, and genetics / / editors, Bernd Blasius, Jürgen Kurths, Lewi Stone |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlasiusBernd
KurthsJ <1953-> (Jürgen) StoneLewi |
Collana | World Scientific lecture notes in complex systems |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology - Mathematical models
Ecology - Mathematical models Epidemiology - Mathematical models Genetics - Mathematical models |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-91178-X
9786611911782 981-277-158-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; References; 1. Chaotic dynamics in food web systems; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Food web model formulation; 1.3. Detecting and quantifying chaotic dynamics in model food webs; 1.4. Dynamical patterns in food webs; 1.5. Chaos in real food webs and conclusion; References; 2. Generalized models ; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The basic idea of generalized models; 2.3. Example: A general predator-prey system; 2.4. Additional difficulties in complex models; 2.5. A generalized spatial model; 2.6. Local stability in small and intermediate models; 2.7. Some results on global dynamics
2.8. Numerical investigation of complex networks2.9. Discussion; References; 3. Dynamics of plant communities in drylands ; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Model for dryland water-vegetation systems; 3.3. Landscape states; 3.3.1. Mapping the landscape states along aridity gradients; 3.3.2. Coexistence of landscape states and state transitions; 3.3.3. Landscape states and aridity classes; 3.4. Plants as ecosystem engineers; 3.4.1. Facilitation vs. resilience; 3.4.2. Facilitation vs. competition; 3.5. Species richness: Pattern formation aspects; 3.5.1. The niche concept and the niche map 3.5.2. Landscape diversity3.5.3. Environmental changes; 3.6. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 4. Metapopulation dynamics and the evolution of dispersal ; 4.1. Introduction; 4.1.1. What is a metapopulation?; 4.1.2. Levins metapopulation model; 4.2. Metapopulation ecology in different models; 4.2.1. Local dynamics; 4.2.2. Finite number of patches with the Ricker model; 4.2.3. Infinite number of patches; 4.2.3.1. Model presentation; 4.2.3.2. Resident equilibrium; 4.3. Adaptive dynamics; 4.3.1. Invasion fitness; 4.3.2. Pairwise Invasibility Plots (PIP); 4.4. Evolution of dispersal 4.4.1. Finite number of patches4.4.1.1. Fitness; 4.4.1.2. Fixed-point attractor; 4.4.1.3. Cyclic orbits; 4.4.2. Infinite number of patches; 4.4.2.1. Invasion fitness for the mutant; 4.4.2.2. Results; 4.4.3. Local growth with an Allee effect can result in evolu- tionary suicide; 4.4.3.1. Local population growth with an Allee effect; 4.4.3.2. Allee effect in the metapopulation model; 4.4.3.3. Bifurcation to evolutionary suicide; 4.4.3.4. Theory of evolutionary suicide; 4.5. Summary; References; 5. The scaling law of human travel - A message from; References 6. Multiplicative processes in social systems 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Models for Zipf's law in language; 6.3. City sizes and the distribution of languages; 6.4. Family names; 6.4.1. The effects of mortality; 6.4.2. The distribution of given names; 6.5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 7. Criticality in epidemiology ; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Simple epidemic models showing criticality; 7.2.1. The SIS epidemic; 7.2.2. Solution of the SIS system shows criticality; 7.2.3. The spatial SIS epidemic; 7.2.4. Dynamics for the spatial mean; 7.2.5. Moment equations; 7.2.6. Mean field behavior 7.3. Accidental pathogens: the meningococcus |
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Complex population dynamics [[electronic resource] ] : nonlinear modeling in ecology, epidemiology, and genetics / / editors, Bernd Blasius, Jürgen Kurths, Lewi Stone |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlasiusBernd
KurthsJ <1953-> (Jürgen) StoneLewi |
Collana | World Scientific lecture notes in complex systems |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology - Mathematical models
Ecology - Mathematical models Epidemiology - Mathematical models Genetics - Mathematical models |
ISBN |
1-281-91178-X
9786611911782 981-277-158-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; References; 1. Chaotic dynamics in food web systems; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Food web model formulation; 1.3. Detecting and quantifying chaotic dynamics in model food webs; 1.4. Dynamical patterns in food webs; 1.5. Chaos in real food webs and conclusion; References; 2. Generalized models ; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The basic idea of generalized models; 2.3. Example: A general predator-prey system; 2.4. Additional difficulties in complex models; 2.5. A generalized spatial model; 2.6. Local stability in small and intermediate models; 2.7. Some results on global dynamics
2.8. Numerical investigation of complex networks2.9. Discussion; References; 3. Dynamics of plant communities in drylands ; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Model for dryland water-vegetation systems; 3.3. Landscape states; 3.3.1. Mapping the landscape states along aridity gradients; 3.3.2. Coexistence of landscape states and state transitions; 3.3.3. Landscape states and aridity classes; 3.4. Plants as ecosystem engineers; 3.4.1. Facilitation vs. resilience; 3.4.2. Facilitation vs. competition; 3.5. Species richness: Pattern formation aspects; 3.5.1. The niche concept and the niche map 3.5.2. Landscape diversity3.5.3. Environmental changes; 3.6. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 4. Metapopulation dynamics and the evolution of dispersal ; 4.1. Introduction; 4.1.1. What is a metapopulation?; 4.1.2. Levins metapopulation model; 4.2. Metapopulation ecology in different models; 4.2.1. Local dynamics; 4.2.2. Finite number of patches with the Ricker model; 4.2.3. Infinite number of patches; 4.2.3.1. Model presentation; 4.2.3.2. Resident equilibrium; 4.3. Adaptive dynamics; 4.3.1. Invasion fitness; 4.3.2. Pairwise Invasibility Plots (PIP); 4.4. Evolution of dispersal 4.4.1. Finite number of patches4.4.1.1. Fitness; 4.4.1.2. Fixed-point attractor; 4.4.1.3. Cyclic orbits; 4.4.2. Infinite number of patches; 4.4.2.1. Invasion fitness for the mutant; 4.4.2.2. Results; 4.4.3. Local growth with an Allee effect can result in evolu- tionary suicide; 4.4.3.1. Local population growth with an Allee effect; 4.4.3.2. Allee effect in the metapopulation model; 4.4.3.3. Bifurcation to evolutionary suicide; 4.4.3.4. Theory of evolutionary suicide; 4.5. Summary; References; 5. The scaling law of human travel - A message from; References 6. Multiplicative processes in social systems 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Models for Zipf's law in language; 6.3. City sizes and the distribution of languages; 6.4. Family names; 6.4.1. The effects of mortality; 6.4.2. The distribution of given names; 6.5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 7. Criticality in epidemiology ; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Simple epidemic models showing criticality; 7.2.1. The SIS epidemic; 7.2.2. Solution of the SIS system shows criticality; 7.2.3. The spatial SIS epidemic; 7.2.4. Dynamics for the spatial mean; 7.2.5. Moment equations; 7.2.6. Mean field behavior 7.3. Accidental pathogens: the meningococcus |
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Complex population dynamics : nonlinear modeling in ecology, epidemiology, and genetics / / editors, Bernd Blasius, Jürgen Kurths, Lewi Stone |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (257 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BlasiusBernd
KurthsJ <1953-> (Jürgen) StoneLewi |
Collana | World Scientific lecture notes in complex systems |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology - Mathematical models
Ecology - Mathematical models Epidemiology - Mathematical models Genetics - Mathematical models |
ISBN |
1-281-91178-X
9786611911782 981-277-158-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; References; 1. Chaotic dynamics in food web systems; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Food web model formulation; 1.3. Detecting and quantifying chaotic dynamics in model food webs; 1.4. Dynamical patterns in food webs; 1.5. Chaos in real food webs and conclusion; References; 2. Generalized models ; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The basic idea of generalized models; 2.3. Example: A general predator-prey system; 2.4. Additional difficulties in complex models; 2.5. A generalized spatial model; 2.6. Local stability in small and intermediate models; 2.7. Some results on global dynamics
2.8. Numerical investigation of complex networks2.9. Discussion; References; 3. Dynamics of plant communities in drylands ; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Model for dryland water-vegetation systems; 3.3. Landscape states; 3.3.1. Mapping the landscape states along aridity gradients; 3.3.2. Coexistence of landscape states and state transitions; 3.3.3. Landscape states and aridity classes; 3.4. Plants as ecosystem engineers; 3.4.1. Facilitation vs. resilience; 3.4.2. Facilitation vs. competition; 3.5. Species richness: Pattern formation aspects; 3.5.1. The niche concept and the niche map 3.5.2. Landscape diversity3.5.3. Environmental changes; 3.6. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 4. Metapopulation dynamics and the evolution of dispersal ; 4.1. Introduction; 4.1.1. What is a metapopulation?; 4.1.2. Levins metapopulation model; 4.2. Metapopulation ecology in different models; 4.2.1. Local dynamics; 4.2.2. Finite number of patches with the Ricker model; 4.2.3. Infinite number of patches; 4.2.3.1. Model presentation; 4.2.3.2. Resident equilibrium; 4.3. Adaptive dynamics; 4.3.1. Invasion fitness; 4.3.2. Pairwise Invasibility Plots (PIP); 4.4. Evolution of dispersal 4.4.1. Finite number of patches4.4.1.1. Fitness; 4.4.1.2. Fixed-point attractor; 4.4.1.3. Cyclic orbits; 4.4.2. Infinite number of patches; 4.4.2.1. Invasion fitness for the mutant; 4.4.2.2. Results; 4.4.3. Local growth with an Allee effect can result in evolu- tionary suicide; 4.4.3.1. Local population growth with an Allee effect; 4.4.3.2. Allee effect in the metapopulation model; 4.4.3.3. Bifurcation to evolutionary suicide; 4.4.3.4. Theory of evolutionary suicide; 4.5. Summary; References; 5. The scaling law of human travel - A message from; References 6. Multiplicative processes in social systems 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Models for Zipf's law in language; 6.3. City sizes and the distribution of languages; 6.4. Family names; 6.4.1. The effects of mortality; 6.4.2. The distribution of given names; 6.5. Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; 7. Criticality in epidemiology ; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Simple epidemic models showing criticality; 7.2.1. The SIS epidemic; 7.2.2. Solution of the SIS system shows criticality; 7.2.3. The spatial SIS epidemic; 7.2.4. Dynamics for the spatial mean; 7.2.5. Moment equations; 7.2.6. Mean field behavior 7.3. Accidental pathogens: the meningococcus |
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Consumer-resource dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Roger M. Nisbet |
Autore | Murdoch William W |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2003 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (479 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BriggsCheryl J. <1963->
NisbetR. M |
Collana | Monographs in Population Biology |
Soggetto topico | Population biology - Mathematical models |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-299-05146-4
1-4008-4725-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- CHAPTER ONE. Introduction -- CHAPTER TWO. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts -- CHAPTER THREE. Simple Models in Continuous Time -- CHAPTER FOUR. Simple Models in Discrete Time -- CHAPTER FIVE. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure -- CHAPTER SIX. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Competition between Consumer Species -- CHAPTER NINE. Implications for Biological Control -- CHAPTER TEN. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes -- CHAPTER ELEVEN. Synthesis and Integration across Systems -- CHAPTER TWELVE. Concluding Remarks -- Literature Cited -- Index -- Back matter |
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Consumer-resource dynamics [[electronic resource] /] / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Roger M. Nisbet |
Autore | Murdoch William W |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BriggsCheryl J. <1963->
NisbetR. M |
Collana | Monographs in Population Biology |
Soggetto topico | Population biology - Mathematical models |
ISBN |
1-299-05146-4
1-4008-4725-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts -- 3. Simple Models in Continuous Time -- 4. Simple Models in Discrete Time -- 5. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure -- 6. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles -- 7. State-Dependent Decisions -- 8. Competition between Consumer Species -- 9. Implications for Biological Control -- 10. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes -- 11. Synthesis and Integration across Systems -- 12. Concluding Remarks. |
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Consumer-resource dynamics / / William W. Murdoch, Cheryl J. Briggs, and Roger M. Nisbet |
Autore | Murdoch William W |
Edizione | [Course Book] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Princeton : , : Princeton University Press, , [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
BriggsCheryl J. <1963->
NisbetR. M |
Collana | Monographs in Population Biology |
Soggetto topico | Population biology - Mathematical models |
ISBN |
1-299-05146-4
1-4008-4725-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction -- 2. Population Dynamics: Observations and Basic Concepts -- 3. Simple Models in Continuous Time -- 4. Simple Models in Discrete Time -- 5. An Introduction to Models with Stage Structure -- 6. Dynamical Effects of Parasitoid Lifestyles -- 7. State-Dependent Decisions -- 8. Competition between Consumer Species -- 9. Implications for Biological Control -- 10. Dynamical Effects of Spatial Processes -- 11. Synthesis and Integration across Systems -- 12. Concluding Remarks. |
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Ecological orbits [[electronic resource] ] : how planets move and populations grow / / Lev Ginzburg, Mark Colyvan |
Autore | Ginzburg Lev R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (183 p.) |
Disciplina | 577.8/8 |
Altri autori (Persone) | ColyvanMark |
Soggetto topico |
Population biology
Ecology |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-60256-800-6
1-280-53423-0 9786610534234 0-19-803754-6 1-4237-2031-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; 1 On Earth as It Is in the Heavens; 1.1 How Planets Move; 1.2 How Populations Grow; 1.3 Metaphors and the Language of Science; 1.4 Inertial Population Growth; 2 Does Ecology Have Laws?; 2.1 Ecological Allometries; 2.2 Kepler's Laws; 2.3 What Is a Law of Nature?; 2.4 Laws in Ecology; 3 Equilibrium and Accelerated Death; 3.1 Accelerated Death; 3.2 Galileo and Falling Bodies; 3.3 The Slobodkin Experiment; 3.4 Falling Bodies and Dying Populations; 3.5 The Meaning of Abundance Equilibrium; 3.6 The Damuth Allometry; 3.7 A Harder Question; 4 The Maternal Effect Hypothesis
4.1 Inertial Growth and the Maternal Effect4.2 The Missing Periods; 4.3 The Calder Allometry; 4.4 The Eigenperiod Hypothesis; 4.5 What Can Be Done in the Laboratory; 5 Predator-Prey Interactions and the Period of Cycling; 5.1 An Alternative Limit Myth; 5.2 Prey-Dependent versus Ratio-Dependent Models; 5.3 The Fallacy of Instantism; 5.4 Why Period Travels Bottom Up; 5.5 Competing Views on Causes and Cyclicity; 6 Inertial Growth; 6.1 The Implicit Inertial-Growth Model; 6.2 Parametric Specification; 6.3 Malthusian Invariancy; 6.4 What Is and What Is Not Analogous; 7 Practical Consequences 7.1 Theoretical and Applied Ecology7.2 Managing Inertial Populations; 7.3 Rates of Evolution; 7.4 Risk Analysis; 7.5 The Moral; 8 Shadows on the Wall; 8.1 Plato's Cave; 8.2 Evidence and Aesthetics; 8.3 Overfitting; 8.4 A Simplified Picture of Population Ecology; Appendix A: Notes and Further Reading; Appendix B: Essential Features of the Maternal Effect Model; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; Z |
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