Ecological Dynamics

This textbook will introduce readers to the use of dynamic mathematical models in environmental problem solving and in the study of ecology. The focus of the book is modelling rather than specific models. Starting at a very elementary mathematical level, concentrating on simulation as an experimental skill, the text then moves to a more formal treatment using more powerful and general methods of analysis, and then explores a number of current research topics to show
applications of modelling to current ecological theory. There is extensive software, called SOLVER, to be made available in executable versions on Internet, to facilitate the laboratory component of this course.