
PCB 5485
Models in Ecology (Class E-mail)
Dr. John F. Weishampel


Potential sources for models and modeling ideas as well as a method to get more in depth background on the lecture topics.
Primary related journals (available at UCF Library):|
Ecological Modelling Ecological Complexity |
QH541.15.M3 E27 |
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The Journal of Theoretical Biology |
QH301 .J75 |

Related Journals (occasionally contain pertinent articles):|
American Naturalist |
QH1 .A5 |
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Animal Behaviour |
QL750 .B7 |
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Biological Conservation |
S900 .B5 |
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Biometrics |
QH301 .B48 |
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Biometrika |
QH301 .B5 |
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BioScience |
QH1 .B5683 |
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Conservation Biology |
QH75.A1 C665 |
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Ecological Applications |
QH540 .E273 |
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Ecological Monographs |
QH540 .E28 |
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Ecology |
QH540 .E3 |
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Ecosystems |
QH540 .E35 |
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The Journal of Animal Ecology |
QL750 .J65 |
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The Journal of Applied Ecology |
S3 .J86 |
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The Journal of Wildlife Management |
SK351 .J68 |
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The Journal of Vegetation Science |
QK900 .J67 |
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The Journal of Zoology |
QL1 .J6875 |
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Landscape Ecology |
QH75.A1 L36 |
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Nature |
Q1 .N2 |
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Oecologia |
QH540 .O3 |
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Oikos |
QH540 .O35 |
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Plant Ecology |
QK901.V3 |
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Science |
Q1 .S35 |
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Scientific American |
T1 .S5 |
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Simulation |
TA343 .S54 |
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Trends in Ecology and Evolution |
QH540 .T67 |

Related books available at the UCF Library:|
Agren, G. & Bosatta, E. |
Theoretical ecosystem ecology : understanding element cycles |
QH344 .A35 1996 |
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Allen, T. F. H. and T. B. Starr |
Hierarchy : perspectives for ecological complexity |
QH541 .A45 1982 |
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Barbi, M. and Chillemi, S. |
Chaos and noise in biology and medicine |
QP33.6.C48 I58 1997 |
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Bardossy, A. |
Fuzzy rule-based modeling with applications to geophysical, biological, and engineering systems |
TA342 .B37 1995 |
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Baretta, J. W. and P. Ruardij |
Tidal flat estuaries : simulation and analysis of the Ems estuary |
QH149 .T53 1988 |
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Bascompte, J. and Sole, R. V. |
Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics in ecology |
QH541.15.M3 M614 1998 |
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Beltrami, E. |
Mathematical Models in the Social and Biological Sciences |
QA845 .B53 1987 |
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Bissonette, J. A. |
Wildlife and landscape ecology : effects of pattern and scale |
SK352.W54 1997 |
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Botkin, D. B. |
Forest dynamics : an ecological model |
QK938.F6 B66 1993 |
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Braat, L. C. and Lierop, W. F. J. van. |
Economic-ecological modeling |
HC79.E5 E267 1987 |
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Brody, M. |
FORFLO : a model to predict changes in bottomland hardwood forests |
I 49.2:F 76 |
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Brown D. and P. Rothery |
Models in biology : mathematics, statistics, and computing |
QH323.5 .B756 1993 |
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Bulmer, M. |
Theoretical evolutionary ecology |
QH366.2 .B85 1994 |
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Bunde, A. and S. Havlin |
Fractals in science |
Q160.2.F73 1994 |
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Bunde, A. and S. Havlin |
Fractals and disordered systems |
QA614.86.F72 1991 |
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Burgman, M.A., S. Ferson and H. R. Akcakaya |
Risk assessment in conservation biology |
QH352 .B87 1993 |
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Busenberg, S and M. Martelli |
Differential equations models in biology, epidemiology, and ecology |
QH323.5 .D54 1991 |
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Carlson, J. D. |
A model of the productivity of the northern pintail |
I 49.89/2:93(7) |
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Caswell, H. |
Matrix population models: construction, analysis, and interpretation |
QH352 .C375 1989 |
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Clark, C. W. |
Mathematical bioeconomics : the optimal management of renewable resources |
QH705 .C4 1990 |
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Costanza, R. |
Ecological models of the Mississippi deltaic plain region |
I 49.89:82/68 |
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Cowardin, L. M. |
Applications of a simulation model to decisions in mallard management |
I 49.100: 17 |
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Cowan, G. A., D. Pines, and D. Meltzer |
Complexity: metaphors, models and reality |
QH546.C645 1994 |
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Coultas, C. L. and Hsieh, Y. |
Ecology and management of tidal marshes : a model from the Gulf of Mexico |
QH541.5.S24 E24 |
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Czaran, T. |
Spatiotemporal models of population and community dynamics |
HB849.51 .C93 1998 |
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Daley, D. J. and Gani, J. |
Epidemic modelling : an introduction |
RA652.2.M3 D34 1999 |
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DeAngelis, D. L. |
Dynamics of nutrient cycling and food webs |
QH344 .D43 1992 |
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Emmeche, C. |
The garden in the machine : the emerging science of artificial life |
QH324.2 .E4613 1994 |
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Fry, J. |
Biological data analysis : a practical approach |
QH323.5 .B46 1993 |
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Gardner, R. H. |
Predicting spatial effects in ecological systems |
QH541.15.E24 S66 1993 |
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Getz, W. M. |
Mathematical modelling in biology and ecology |
QH323.5 .M364 1979 |
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Getz, W. M. |
Population harvesting : demographic models of fish, forest, and animal resources |
QH352 .G47 1989 |
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Gillman, M and Hails, R. |
An introduction to ecological modelling : putting practice into theory |
QH541.15.M3 G5 1997 |
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Gleick, J. |
Chaos : making a new science |
Q172.5.C45 G54 1987 |
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Grant, W. E. |
Systems analysis and simulation in wildlife and fisheries sciences |
SK355 .G73 1986 |
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Grant, W. E., Pedersen, E. K., and Marin, S. L. |
Ecology and natural resource management : systems analysis and simulation* |
QH541.15.S5 G73 1997 |
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Gurney, W. S. C. and Nisbet, R. M. |
Ecological dynamics |
GE45.M37 G87 1998 |
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Gutowitz, H. |
Cellular automata : theory and experiment |
QA267.5.C45 C46 1991 |
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Hall, C. A. S. and Day, J. W. |
Ecosystem modeling in theory and practice : an introduction with case histories |
QH541.15.E45 E26 |
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Hallam, T. G. and S. A. Levin |
Applied mathematical ecology |
QH541.15.M3 A66 1989 |
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Hallam, T. G. and S. A. Levin |
Mathematical ecology : an introduction |
QH541.15.M3 M365 1986 |
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Harte, J. |
Consider a spherical cow-- : a course in environmental problem solving |
QH541.15.M34 H37 1985 |
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Hastings, A. |
Population biology : concepts and models |
QH352.H38 1997 |
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Hilborn, R. and Mangel, M. |
The ecological detective : confronting models with data |
QH541.15.M3 H54 1997 |
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Hofbauer, J. and Sigmund, K. |
Evolutionary games and population dynamics |
QH371.H624 1998 |
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Holland, J. H. |
Hidden order: how adaptation builds complexity |
TJ217.H64 1995 |
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Hoppensteadt, F. C. |
Mathematical methods of population biology |
QH352 .H66 |
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Hoppensteadt, F. C. |
Mathematics in medicine and the life sciences |
QH323.5 .H67 1992 |
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Huggett, R. J. |
Modelling the human impact on nature : systems analysis of environmental problems |
GF23.M35 H85 1993 |
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Innis, G. S. |
Grassland simulation model |
QH541.5.P7 G72 |
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Iyengar, S. |
Structuring biological systems : a computer modeling approach |
QH324.2 .S77 1992 |
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Jeffers, J. N. R. |
An introduction to systems analysis : with ecological applications |
QH541.15.M3 J43 |
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Jeffers, J. N. R. |
Microcomputers in environmental biology |
QH541.15.E45 M53 1992 |
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Jeffers, J. N. R. |
Practitioner's handbook on the modelling of dynamic change in ecosystems |
QH541.15.S5 J44 1988 |
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Jorgensen, S. E. |
Application of ecological modelling in environmental |
QH541.15.E45 A66 1983 |
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Jorgensen, S. E. |
Fundamentals of ecological modelling |
QH541.15.S5 J67 1986 |
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Jorgensen, S. E. |
State-of-the-art of ecological modelling |
QH541.15.S5 C66 1978 |
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Jorgensen, S. E. Halling-Sorensen, B. and Nielsen, S. N. |
Handbook of environmental and ecological modeling |
QH541.15.S5 H36 1996 |
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Kaandorp, J. A. |
Fractal modelling : growth and form in biology |
QH511 .K28 1994 |
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Kauffman, S. A. |
The origins of order : self-organization and selection in evolution |
QH325 .K39 1993 |
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Kaye, B. H. |
A random walk through fractal dimensions |
QA614.86.K38 1989 |
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Keen, R. E. |
Computer simulation in biology : a BASIC introduction |
QH323.5 .K45 1991 |
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Kessell, S. R. |
Gradient modeling : resource and fire management |
QH541.15.S5 K46 |
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Kingsland, S. E |
Modeling nature : episodes in the history of population ecology |
QH352 .K56 1995 |
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19Kitching, R. L. |
Systems ecology : an introduction to ecological modelling |
QH541.15.E45 K57 |
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Knechtel, C. D. |
A numerical simulation model of the population dynamics of walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma (Pallas 1811), in a simplified ecosystem |
C 55.13/2:NMFS F/NWC-19 |
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Koch, A. L., Robinson, J. A., and Milliken, G. A. |
Mathematical modeling in microbial ecology |
QR100 .M38 1998 |
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Kremer, J. N. |
A coastal marine ecosystem : simulation and analysis |
QH541.5.S3 K73 |
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Levin, S. A., T. M. Powell, and J. H. Steele |
Patch dynamics |
QH541.15.S72 L48 1993 |
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Levin, S. A., T. G. Hallam, L. J. Gross |
Applied mathematical ecology |
QH541.15.M3 A66 1989 |
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Levy, S. |
Artificial life: the quest for a new creation |
QA76.87 .L49 1992 |
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Levy, S. |
Artificial life : a report from the frontier where computers meet biology |
QA76.87 .L48 1993 |
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Lubinski, K. S. |
A conceptual model of the upper Mississippi River system ecosystem |
I 49. 109/4:93-T 001 |
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MacDonald, N. |
Time lags in biological models |
QH323.5 .M28 |
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Mandelbrot, B. B. |
The fractal geometry of nature |
QA447 .M357 1983 |
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Mangel, M. |
Dynamic modeling in behavioral ecology |
QL751.65.M3 M29 1988 |
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Manly, B. F. J. |
Stage-structured populations : sampling, analysis, and simulation |
QH352 .M35 1990 |
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May, R. M. |
Stability and complexity in model ecosystems |
QH541.15.M3 M38 1974 |
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May, R. M. |
Theoretical ecology : principles and applications |
QH541 .T49 |
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Maynard Smith, J. |
Mathematical ideas in biology |
QH324 .S63 1971 |
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Maynard Smith, J. |
Models in ecology |
QH541 .S59 |
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Meinhardt, H. |
Models of biological pattern formation |
QH491 .M43 |
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Murray, J. D. |
Mathematical Biology |
QH323.5 .M88 1993 |
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Okubo, A. |
Diffusion and ecological problems: mathematical models |
QH541.15.M3 O38 |
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O'Neill, R. V. et al. |
A hierarchical concept of ecosystems |
QH541 .H525 1986 |
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Othmer, H. G. et al. |
Case studies in mathematical modeling--ecology, physiology, and cell biology |
QH541.15.M3 C37 1997 |
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Pahl-Wostl, C |
The dynamic nature of ecosystems |
QH541 .P33 1995 |
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Pakes, A. G. |
Mathematical ecology of plant species competition: a class of deterministic models for binary mixtures of plant genotypes |
QK911 .P35 1990 |
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Patten, B. C. |
Systems analysis and simulation in ecology. |
QH541.15.M3 S9 |
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Patten, B. C. and Jorgensen, S. E. |
Complex ecology : the part-whole relation in ecosystems |
QH541.15.S5 C65 1995 |
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Pielou, E. C. |
Mathematical Ecology |
N QH541.15.M3 P54 1977 |
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Prusinkiewicz, P. |
Lindenmayer systems, fractals, and plants |
QH491 .P78 1989 |
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Renshaw, E. |
Modelling biological populations in space and time |
QH352 .R46 1991 |
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Rietman, E. |
Exploring the geometry of nature : computer modeling of chaos, fractals, cellular automata, and neural networks |
QA845 .R48 1989 |
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Rietman, E. |
Creating artificial life : self-organization |
Q335 .R54 1993 |
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Roberts, F. S. |
Discrete Mathematical Models, with applications to Social, Biological and Environmental Problems |
QH323.5 .R57 1989 |
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Robertson, D. |
Eco-logic : logic-based approaches to ecological modelling |
QH541.15.S5 E26 1991 |
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Roughgarden, J., R. M. May, and S. A. Levin |
Perspectives in ecological theory |
QH541 .P425 1989 |
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Schmitt, C. J. |
Habitat suitability index model for brook trout in streams of the southern Blue Ridge province <microform> : surrogate variables, model evaluation, and suggested improvements |
I 49.89/2:93(18) |
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Schroeder, R. L. |
Tests of a habitat suitability model for black-capped chickadees |
I 49.89/2:90 (10) |
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Shukla, J. B. , T. G. Hallam, and V. Capasso |
Mathematical modelling of environmental and ecological systems |
QH541.15.M3 I48 1985 |
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Smitalova, K.and S. Stefan |
A Mathematical Treatment of Dynamical Models in Biological Science |
QH323.5 .S57 1991 |
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Starfield T. M and A. L. Bleloch |
Building models for conservation and wildlife management |
QH75 .S664 1986 |
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Starfield, A. M., K. A. Smith, and A. L. Bleloch |
How to model it: problem solving for the computer age |
QA76.9 C65 S74 1990 |
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Swartzman, G. L. and S. P. Kaluzny |
Ecological simulation primer |
QH541.15.M3 S89 1987 |
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Thornley, J. H. M. |
Grassland dynamics : an ecosystem simulation model |
QH87.7 .T48 1998 |
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Tilman, D. |
Plant strategies and the dynamics and structure of plant communities |
QK910 .T55 1988 |
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Toates, F. M. |
Animal behaviour : a systems approach |
QL751 .T63 |
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Tuljapurkar, S. |
Population dynamics in variable environments |
HB849.51 .T85 1990 |
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Turner, M. and R. Gardner |
Quantitative methods in landscape ecology : the analysis and interpretation of landscape heterogeneity |
QH541.5.L35 Q36 1991 |
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Verner, J., Morrison, M. L., Ralph, C. J. |
Wildlife 2000 : modeling habitat relationships of terrestrial vertebrates |
QL756 .W53 1986 |
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Waldrop, M. M. |
Complexity: the emerging science at the edge of order and chaos |
Q175 .W258 1992 |
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Watt, K. E. F. |
Systems analysis in ecology |
QH541 .W3 |
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White, I. D. |
Environmental systems : an introductory text |
GB54.5 .W48 1992 |
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Wit, C. T. de. |
Simulation of ecological processes |
QH541.15.S5 W57 1978 |
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Wolfram, S. |
Cellular automata and complexity |
QA267.5.C45 W65 1994 |

Computer programs and videos available in the library:|
Bunde, A. and S. Havlin |
Fractals in science |
Q160.2.F73 1994 |
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Kocak, H. |
Differential and difference equations through computer experiments |
QA371 .K5854 1989 |
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Real life statistics <videorecording> : simulating ecosystems. |
QH541.15.S72 R4 1996 |
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That's life. field ecology simulation |
574.5 Tha |
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Odell Lake |
570 Ode |

Other Books of Interest not at UCF library (Some in Instructor's library):|
Anderson, R. M. and R. M. May |
The dynamics of human host-parasite systems |
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Berg, H. C. |
Random walks in biology |
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Bossel, H. |
Modeling and simulation |
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Cartwright, T. J. |
Modeling the world in a spreadsheet: environmental simulation on a microcomputer |
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Cullen, M. R. |
Linear models in biology |
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DeAngelis, D. L., W. M. Post, and C. C. Travis |
Positive feedback in natural systems |
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DeAngelis, D. L. and L. J. Gross |
Individual-based models and approaches in ecology |
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Edelstein-Keshet, L. |
Mathematical models in biology |
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France, J. and J. H. M. Thornley |
Mathematical models in agriculture |
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Gotelli, N. J. |
A primer of ecology |
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Hannon, B. and R. Matthias |
Dynamic modeling* |
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Hannon, B. and R. Matthias |
Modeling dynamic biological systems* |
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Hastings, A. |
Population biology: concepts and models |
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Hastings, H. M. and G. Sugihara |
Fractals: a user's guide for the natural sciences |
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Jeffries, C. |
Mathematical modeling in ecology--a workbook for students |
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Jorgensen, S. E. |
Fundamentals of ecological modelling 2nd Edition |
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Jorgensen, S. E. |
Integration of ecosystem theories: A pattern |
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Logofet, D. O |
Matrices and graphs--stability problems in mathematical ecology |
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Lucas, W. F. |
Modules in applied mathematics |
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Marcus-Roberts, H. and M. Thompson |
Life science models |
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Maynard Smith, J. |
Evolution and the theory of games |
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Meir, E. |
Ecobeaker 1.0: an ecological simulation program |
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Mitsch, W. J., M. Straskraba, S. E. Jorgensen |
Wetland modelling |
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Nisbet, R. M. and W. S. C. Gurney |
Modelling fluctuating populations |
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Pielou, E. C. |
Population and community ecology: principles and methods |
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Rose, M. R. |
Quantitative ecological theory--an introduction to basic models |
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Roughgarden, J. |
Primer of ecological theory |
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Shugart, H. H. and R. V. O'Neill |
Systems ecology |
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Shugart, H. H. |
A theory of forest dynamics |
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Sigmund, K. |
Games of life : explorations in ecology, evolution, and behaviour |
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Soltzburg, L. J |
The dynamic environment* |
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Thornley, J. H. M. and I. R. Johnson |
Plant and crop modelling |
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Tuchinsky, P. M. |
Man in competition with the spruce budworm--An application of differential equations |
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Vandermeer, J. H. |
Elementary mathematical ecology |
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Yodzis, P. |
Introduction to theoretical ecology |
*Has STELLA examples
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