Mathematical Ecology
Math 663
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Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11:00 AM -12:30 PM MDT |
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Mark A. Lewis mlewis@math.ualberta.ca |
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Tuesdays and Thursdays: 12:30 -1:00 PM or by appointment |
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M. Kot. Elements of Mathematical Ecology, Cambridge University Press 2001. |
The Course
Will cover modelling and analysis of ecological populations,Our focus will be on model formulation, mathematical analysis and biological insight.
Subjects will be taken from:
- single species models (stochastic, continuous time, delay, discrete-time),
- interacting populations (predator-prey, cycles, chemostat, competition, mutualism),
- harvesting and optimal control, spatially structured populations (invasions, criticial domain size, reaction diffusion, integrodifference), and
- age-structured models (integral, difference, matrix, PDE).
Prerequisite
Math 524 and familiarity with partial differential equations.
Class Structure
Lectures will be twice a week -- Tuesdays and Thursdays: 11:00 AM -12:30 PM MDT.
Electronic Structure
This will also be offered electronically to PIMS University students as a Hot Topics Course. This course is suitable for students in the International Graduate Training Centre (IGTC) in Mathematical Biology.