Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine
Title | Applications of Dynamical Systems in Biology and Medicine PDF eBook |
Author | Trachette Jackson |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 240 |
Release | 2015-07-06 |
Genre | Mathematics |
ISBN | 1493927825 |
This volume highlights problems from a range of biological and medical applications that can be interpreted as questions about system behavior or control. Topics include drug resistance in cancer and malaria, biological fluid dynamics, auto-regulation in the kidney, anti-coagulation therapy, evolutionary diversification and photo-transduction. Mathematical techniques used to describe and investigate these biological and medical problems include ordinary, partial and stochastic differentiation equations, hybrid discrete-continuous approaches, as well as 2 and 3D numerical simulation.
Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions (MPB-49)
Title | Ecological Niches and Geographic Distributions (MPB-49) PDF eBook |
Author | A. Townsend Peterson |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 330 |
Release | 2011-11-20 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0691136882 |
Terminology, conceptual overview, biogeography, modeling.
Food Webs (MPB-50)
Title | Food Webs (MPB-50) PDF eBook |
Author | Kevin S. McCann |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 255 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0691134189 |
This book synthesizes and reconciles modern and classical perspectives into a general unified theory.
Invasion Dynamics
Title | Invasion Dynamics PDF eBook |
Author | Cang Hui |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 337 |
Release | 2017-02-15 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0191062529 |
Humans have moved organisms around the world for centuries but it is only relatively recently that invasion ecology has grown into a mainstream research field. This book examines both the spread and impact dynamics of invasive species, placing the science of invasion biology on a new, more rigorous, theoretical footing, and proposing a concept of adaptive networks as the foundation for future research. Biological invasions are considered not as simple actions of invaders and reactions of invaded ecosystems, but as co-evolving complex adaptive systems with emergent features of network complexity and invasibility. Invasion Dynamics focuses on the ecology of invasive species and their impacts in recipient social-ecological systems. It discusses not only key advances and challenges within the traditional domain of invasion ecology, but introduces approaches, concepts, and insights from many other disciplines such as complexity science, systems science, and ecology more broadly. It will be of great value to invasion biologists analyzing spread and/or impact dynamics as well as other ecologists interested in spread processes or habitat management.
Adaptive Diversification (MPB-48)
Title | Adaptive Diversification (MPB-48) PDF eBook |
Author | Michael Doebeli |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 345 |
Release | 2011-08-21 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0691128944 |
"Adaptive biological diversification occurs when frequency-dependent selection generates advantages for rare phenotypes and induces a split of an ancestral lineage into multiple descendant lineages. Using adaptive dynamics theory, individual-based simulations, and partial differential equation models, this book illustrates that adaptive diversification due to frequency-dependent ecological interaction is a theoretically ubiquitous phenomenon"--Provided by publisher.
A Theory of Global Biodiversity (MPB-60)
Title | A Theory of Global Biodiversity (MPB-60) PDF eBook |
Author | Boris Worm |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 229 |
Release | 2018-06-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 069115483X |
The number of species found at a given point on the planet varies by orders of magnitude, yet large-scale gradients in biodiversity appear to follow some very general patterns. Little mechanistic theory has been formulated to explain the emergence of observed gradients of biodiversity both on land and in the oceans. Based on a comprehensive empirical synthesis of global patterns of species diversity and their drivers, A Theory of Global Biodiversity develops and applies a new theory that can predict such patterns from few underlying processes. The authors show that global patterns of biodiversity fall into four consistent categories, according to where species live: on land or in coastal, pelagic, and deep ocean habitats. The fact that most species groups, from bacteria to whales, appear to follow similar biogeographic patterns of richness within these habitats points toward some underlying structuring principles. Based on empirical analyses of environmental correlates across these habitats, the authors combine aspects of neutral, metabolic, and niche theory into one unifying framework. Applying it to model terrestrial and marine realms, the authors demonstrate that a relatively simple theory that incorporates temperature and community size as driving variables is able to explain divergent patterns of species richness at a global scale. Integrating ecological and evolutionary perspectives, A Theory of Global Biodiversity yields surprising insights into the fundamental mechanisms that shape the distribution of life on our planet.
Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems. (MPB-42)
Title | Self-Organization in Complex Ecosystems. (MPB-42) PDF eBook |
Author | Ricard V. Solé |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Pages | 391 |
Release | 2006-03-26 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0691070407 |
Describing a theoretical view of ecosystems based on how they self-organise to produce complex patterns, this book focuses on very simple models that despite their simplicity encapsulate fundamental properties of how ecosystems work.