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Spatiotemporal patterns in ecology and epidemiology : theory, models, and simulation /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Malchow, Horst, 1953- (Author), Petrovskii, Sergei V. (Author), Venturino, Ezio (Author)
Corporate Authors:	Taylor & Francis, Taylor and Francis
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : Chapman and Hall/CRC, an imprint of Taylor and Francis, [2008].
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Chapman & Hall/CRC Mathematical and Computational Biology.
Subjects:	Ecology > Mathematical models. Epidemiology > Mathematical models. Mathematisches Modell. Modell. MEDICAL / Epidemiology. NATURE / Ecology. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

part I Introduction
chapter 1 Ecological patterns in time and space
chapter 2 An overview of modeling approaches
part II Models of temporal dynamics
chapter 3 Classical one population models
chapter 4 Interacting populations
chapter 5 Case study: biological pest control in vineyards
chapter 6 Epidemic models
chapter 7 Ecoepidemic systems
part III Spatiotemporal dynamics and pattern formation: deterministic approach
chapter 8 Spatial aspect: diffusion as a paradigm
chapter 9 Instabilities and dissipative structures
chapter 10 Patterns in the wake of invasion
chapter 11 Biological turbulence
chapter 12 Patchy invasion
part IV Spatiotemporal patterns and noise
chapter 13 Generic model of stochastic population dynamics
chapter 14 Noise-induced pattern transitions
chapter 15 Epidemic spread in a stochastic environment
chapter 16 Noise-induced pattern formation.