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Applied mathematical ecology. Proceedings of the second autumn course on mathematical ecology, held Nov.-Dec. 1986 at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy. (English) Zbl 0688.92015

[The articles of this volume will not be indexed individually.]
Contents: Part I. Introduction. Simon A. Levin, Ecology in theory and application (p. 3-8).
Part II. Resource Management. Colin W. Clark, Bioeconomic modeling and resource management (p. 11-57); Robert McKelvey, Common property and the conservation of natural resources (p. 58-80); Marc Mangel, Information and area-wide control in agricultural ecology (p. 81-116).
Part III. Epidemiology. Fundamental aspects of epidemiology: Herbert W. Hethcote, Three basic epidemiological models (p. 119-144); Andrew P. Dobson, The population biology of parasitic helminths in animal populations (p. 145-175); Joan L. Aron, Simple versus complex epidemiological models (p. 176-192); Herbert W. Hethcote and Simon A. Levin, Periodicity in epidemiological models (p. 193- 211). Case studies: Herbert W. Hethcote, Rubella (p. 212-234); Wei-min Liu and Simon A. Levin, Influenza and some related mathematical models (p. 235-252); Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Review of recent models of HIV/AIDS transmission (p. 253-262); Robert M. May and Roy M. Anderson, The transmission dynamics of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) (p. 263-311).
Part IV. Ecotoxicology. Simon A. Levin, Models in ecotoxicology: Methodological aspects (p. 315-321); Robert V. Thomann, Deterministic and statistical models of chemical fate in aquatic systems (p. 322-351); Thomas G. Hallam, Ray R. Lassiter and S. A. L. M. Kooijman, Effects of toxicants on aquatic populations (p. 352- 382).
Part V. Demography and Population Biology. Louis J. Gross, Mathematical models in plant biology: An overview (p. 385-407); John Impagliazzo, Stable population theory and applications (p. 408-427); R. M. Nisbet, W. S. C. Gurney and J. A. J. Metz, Stage structure models applied in evolutionary ecology (p. 428-449); Carlos Castillo-Chavez, Some applications of structured models in population dynamics (p. 450-470).

MSC:

92D40 Ecology
92-06 Proceedings, conferences, collections, etc. pertaining to biology
92D25 Population dynamics (general)

Citations:

Zbl 0659.00019
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