Mathematical Ecology: An Introduction (Biomathematics)

Hardcover, xii + 457 pages, NOT ex-library. Signs of light wear. Book is clean with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, securely bound. No foxing, no age-spotting. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Part I. Introduction -- Ecology: An Idiosyncratic Overview by Louis J. Gross; Part II. Physiological and Behavioral Ecology -- Biophysical Ecology: An Introduction to Organism Response to Environment by Louis J. Gross; An Overview of Foraging Theory by Louis J. Gross; Part III. Population Ecology -- Population Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment by Thomas G. Hallam; Formulation of Age-Structure Models by R.M. Nisbet & W.S.C. Gurney; Analysis of Age-Structure Models by James C. Frauenthal; Random Walk Models of Movement and Their Implications by Simon A. Levin; Stochastic Population Theory: Birth and Death Processes by Luigi M. Ricciardi; Stochastic Population Theory: Diffusion Processes by Luigi M. Ricciardi; Part IV. Communities and Ecosystems -- Community Dynamics in a Homogeneous Environment by Thomas G. Hallam; Interacting Age Structured Populations by Alan Hastings; Population Models and Community Structure in Heterogeneous Environments by Simon A. Levin; Stochastic Community Theory: A Partially Guided Tour by Michael Turelli; A Theoretical Basis for Modeling Element Cycling by Ray R. Lassiter; Part V. Applied Mathematical Ecology -- Bioeconomics and the Management of Renewable Resources by Jon M. Conrad; Population Biology of Microparasitic Infections by Robert M. May; Author Index; Subject Index -- "There is probably no more appropriate location to hold a course on mathematical ecology than Italy, the country of Vito Volterra, a founding father of the subject. The Trieste 1982 Autumn Course on Mathematical Ecology consisted of four weeks of very concentrated scholasticism and aestheticism. The first weeks were devoted to fundamentals and principles of mathematical ecology. A nucleus of the material from the lectures presented during this period constitutes this book.".