Many biologists and ecologists have developed models that find widespread use in theoretical investigations and in applications to organism behavior, disease control, population and metapopulation theory, ecosystem dynamics, and environmental management. This book captures and extends the process of model development by concentrating on the dynamic aspects of these processes and by providing the tools such that virtually anyone with basic knowledge in the Life Sciences can develop meaningful dynamic models. Examples of the systems modeled in the book range from models of cell development, the beating heart, the growth and spread of insects, spatial competition and extinction, to the spread and control of epidemics, including the conditions for the development of chaos. Key features: - easy-to-learn and easy-to-use software - examples from many subdisciplines of biology, covering models of cells, organisms, populations, and metapopulations - no prior computer or programming experience required Key benefits: - learn how to develop modeling skills and system thinking on your own rather than use models developed by others - be able to easily run models under alternative assumptions and investigate the implications of these assumptions for the dynamics of the biological system being modeled - develop skills to assess the dynamics of biological systems
Author(s): Bruce Hannon, Matthias Ruth (auth.)
Series: Modeling Dynamic Systems
Edition: 2
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Year: 2014
Language: English
Pages: 434
Tags: Ecology; Mathematical and Computational Biology; Population Economics; Biochemistry, general; Models and Principles
Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Modeling Dynamic Biological Systems....Pages 3-28
Exploring Dynamic Biological Systems....Pages 29-40
Risky Population....Pages 41-46
Steady State, Oscillation, and Chaos in Population Dynamics....Pages 47-57
Spatial Dynamics....Pages 59-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Law of Mass Action....Pages 65-68
Catalyzed Product....Pages 69-73
Two-Stage Nutrient Uptake....Pages 75-79
Iodine Compartment....Pages 81-84
The Brusselator....Pages 85-89
Signal Transmission....Pages 91-95
Front Matter....Pages 97-97
Mating and Mutation of Alleles....Pages 99-103
Artificial Worms....Pages 105-118
Langur Infanticide and Long-Term Matriline Fitness....Pages 119-129
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Odor Sensing....Pages 133-135
Stochastic Resonance....Pages 137-139
Heart Beat....Pages 141-146
Bat Thermo-Regulation....Pages 147-150
The Optimum Plant....Pages 151-155
Soybean Plant Growth....Pages 157-165
Front Matter....Pages 131-131
Infectious Diseases....Pages 167-180
Front Matter....Pages 181-181
Adaptive Population Control....Pages 183-190
Roan Herds....Pages 191-195
Population Dynamics of Voles....Pages 197-205
Lemming Population Dynamics....Pages 207-209
Multi-Stage Insect Models....Pages 211-221
Two Age-Class Parasites....Pages 223-227
Monkey Travels....Pages 229-239
Biosynchronicity....Pages 241-245
Front Matter....Pages 247-247
Plant–Microbe Interaction....Pages 249-257
Wildebeest....Pages 259-266
Nicholson–Bailey Host–Parasite Interaction....Pages 267-272
Diseased and Healthy Immigrating Insects....Pages 273-281
Two-Species Colonization Model....Pages 283-304
Herbivore-Algae Predator–Prey Dynamics....Pages 305-310
The Grass Carp....Pages 311-325
Recruitment and Trophic Dynamics of Gizzard Shad....Pages 327-347
Salamander Dispersal....Pages 349-356
Quail Movement....Pages 357-366
Modeling Spatial Dynamics of Predator–Prey Interactions in a Changing Environment....Pages 367-374
Front Matter....Pages 375-375
Catastrophe....Pages 377-380
Spruce Budworm Dynamics....Pages 381-389
Game of Life....Pages 391-410
Daisyworld....Pages 411-423
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Building a Modeling Community....Pages 427-428
Back Matter....Pages 429-434
