Spatiotemporal Patterns in Ecology and Epidemiology
Subtitle: Theory, Models, and Simulation (Chapman & Hall/Crc Mathematical and Computational Biology)
Edition: Har/Cdr edition
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC; Chapman and Hall/CRC; Chapman & Hall/CRC Press
Published: December 26, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9781584886747
Subjects: Ecological science, the Biosphere; Mathematics; Science/Mathematics; Life Sciences - Ecology; Mathematics / Applied; Applied; Differential Equations; Ecology; Epidemiology; Mathematical models
Description: "Although the spatial dimension of ecosystem dynamics is now widely recognized, the specific mechanisms behind species patterning in space are still poorly understood and the corresponding theoretical framework is underdeveloped. Going beyond the classical Turing scenario of pattern formation, Spatiotemporal Patterns in Ecology and Epidemiology: Theory, Models, and Simulation illustrates how mathematical modeling and numerical simulations can lead to greater understanding of these issues. It takes a unified approach to population dynamics and epidemiology by presenting several ecoepidemiological models where both the basic interspecies interactions of population dynamics and the impact of an infectious disease are explicitly considered."--Jacket.