Application of mathematical modeling in ecology

Mathematical Modeling of Cystic Fibrosis Ecology

Cystic fibrosis is an inherited chronic disease that affects the lungs, digestive system and even circulatory system of CF patients. Understanding the CF patient’s lung and airway as an ecosystem is a novel and powerful point of view. There are many different microbes in CF lungs that no one has ever cultured and the chronically colonized CF airways represent a complex and diverse ecosystem. On...

Modeling and Mathematical Analysis of Plant Models in Ecology

Population dynamics tries to explain in a simple mechanistic way the variations of the size and structure of biological populations. In this dissertation we use mathematical modeling and analysis to study the various aspects of the dynamics of plant populations and their seed banks. In Chapter 2 we investigate the impact of structural model uncertainty by considering different nonlinear recruit...

Mathematical Modeling in Ecology: A Workbook for Students (Clark Jeffries)

A Biologists Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution

Thirty years ago, biologists could get by with a rudimentary grasp of mathematics and modeling. Not so today. In seeking to answer fundamental questions about how biological systems function and change over time, the modern biologist is as likely to rely on sophisticated mathematical and computer-based models as traditional fieldwork. In this book, Sarah Otto and Troy Day provide biology studen...

Mathematical Ecology