Math/EEB 581 Mathematical Ecology - 2006-2007 Basic Reference List: The below texts are general ones that you may find of most interest relative to the content of this course. Additional references will be given in each section of the course. Allen, L. J. S. 2003. An Introduction to Stochastic Processes with Applications to Biology. Pearson. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Allen, L. J. S. 2007. An Introduction to Mathematical Biology. Pearson. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Allman, E. S. and J. Rhodes. 2004. Mathematical Models in Biology: An Introduction. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge. Brauer, F. and C. Castillo-Chavez. 2001. Mathematical Models in Population Biology and Epidemiology. Springer. New York. Caswell, H. 2001. Matrix Population Models. 2nd Edition. Sinauer. Sunderland, MA. (Being used in Math Ecology seminar - Math 589 - this semester). Clark, Colin W. 1976. Mathematical Bioeconomics: The Optimal Management of Renewable Resources. Wiley. New York. Cushing, J. M. 1998. An Introduction to Structured Population Dynamics. SIAM, Philadelphia, PA. Denny, M and S. Gaines. 2000. Chance in Biology: Using Probability to Explore Nature. Princeton Univ. Press. Princeton, NJ. Edelstein-Keshet, L. 1988. Mathematical Models in Biology. Random House, New York. (Reissued by SIAM 2005) Ellner, S. P. and J. Guckenheimer. 2006. Dynamic Models in Biology. Princeton Univ. Press. Princeton. de Vries, G., T. Hillen, M. Lewis, J. Muller, and B. Schonfisch. 2006. A Course in Mathematical Biology: Quantitative Modeling with Mathematical and Computational Methods. SIAM. Philadelphia, PA Gotelli, Nicholas J. 1995. A primer of ecology. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA. Second Edition 1998. Haefner, J. W. 1996. Modeling Biological Systems: Principles and Applications. Chapman and Hall, NY. (Reissued by Springer 2005) Hallam, T. G. and S. A. Levin (eds.). 1986. Mathematical Ecology: an Introduction. Springer-Verlag. Berlin. Hastings, A. 1997. Population Biology: Concepts and Models. Springer-Verlag, NY. Hofbauer, J. and K. Sigmund. 1988. The Theory of Evolution and Dynamical Systems. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Jones, D. S. and B. D. Sleeman. 2003. Differential Equations and Mathematical Biology. Chapman and Hall. Boca Raton, FL. Levin, S. A., Hallam, T. G. and L. J. Gross (eds.). 1989. Applied Mathematical Ecology. Springer-Verlag. Berlin. Mangel, M. 2006. The Theoretical Biologist's Toolbox: Quantitative Methods for Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Cambridge Univ. Press. Cambridge. Maynard Smith, J. 1968. Mathematical Ideas in Biology. Cambridge Univ. Press, Cambridge. Maynard Smith, J. 1974. Models in Ecology. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. Murray, J. D. 1989. Mathematical Biology. Springer-Verlag. New York. Okubo, Akira (1980) Diffusion and ecological problems: mathematical models. Springer-Verlag. Berlin. Pielou, E. C. 1977. Mathematical Ecology. Wiley. New York. Renshaw, E. 1991. Modelling Biological Populations in Space and Time. Cambridge University Press. Taubes, C. H. 2001. Modeling Differential Equations in Biology. Prentice Hall. Upper Saddle River, NJ. Key Journals in the Field: American Naturalist Bulletin of Mathematical Biology Journal of Mathematical Biology Journal of Theoretical Biology Mathematical Biosciences Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering Theoretical Population Biology