Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications

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Kevin S. McCann (Professor, Professor, University of Guelph, Canada) Gabriel Gellner (Postdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado State University, USA)

Theoretical Ecology

concepts and applications

Kevin S. McCann (Professor, Professor, University of Guelph, Canada), Gabriel Gellner (Postdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado State University, USA)

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Oxford University Press
29 April 2020

Mathematical modelling; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Plant ecology; Animal ecology; Applied ecology

Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications continues the authoritative and established sequence of theoretical ecology books initiated by Robert M. May which helped pave the way for ecology to become a more robust theoretical science, encouraging the modern biologist to better understand the mathematics behind their theories. This latest instalment builds on the legacy of its predecessors with a completely new set of contributions. Rather than placing emphasis on the historical ideas in theoretical ecology, the Editors have encouraged each contribution to: synthesize historical theoretical ideas within modern frameworks that have emerged in the last 10-20 years (e.g. bridging population interactions to whole food webs); describe novel theory that has emerged in the last 20 years from historical empirical areas (e.g. macro-ecology); and finally to cover the rapidly expanding area of theoretical ecological applications (e.g. disease theory and global change theory). The result is a forward-looking synthesis that will help guide the field through a further decade of discovery and development. It is written for upper level undergraduate students, graduate students, and researchers seeking synthesis and the state of the art in growing areas of interest in theoretical ecology, genetics, evolutionary ecology, and mathematical biology.

Edited by: Kevin S. McCann (Professor Professor University of Guelph Canada), Gabriel Gellner (Postdoctoral Researcher, Postdoctoral Researcher, Colorado State University, USA)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 245mm, Width: 189mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 636g
ISBN: 9780198824299
ISBN 10: 0198824297
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 29 April 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Kevin McCann joined the faculty at the University of Guelph in 2003 as a Canadian Research Chair in Biodiversity after starting his career at McGill University in 1999. McCann is a leading theoretical ecologist with an expertise in food webs. McCann combines theoretical ecology with experimental and empirical work across aquatic ecosystems (lakes, rivers and coastal marine ecosystems). His research seeks to examine the biological structure underlying diversity and the critical relationship between this structure, ecosystem function and stability. In 2013, McCann was elected lifetime fellow to the Ecological Society of America for research achievements. Gabriel Gellner is a researcher at the University of Guelph, having completed his PhD in 2014. Gellner is a theoretical ecologist with wide ranging interests in food webs, mathematical and computational methods, and disease ecology. Gellner has worked with leading scientists in North America (University of Guelph, UC Davis, Colorado State, USDA) and internationally (Japan, Brazil, UK). His work looks at how complex networks can be decomposed into fundamental dynamic subsystems from a conceptual and methodological perspective.

Reviews for Theoretical Ecology: concepts and applications

This volume provides a valuable introduction to the field of theoretical ecology, and some interesting thoughts about its future. * Frederick R. Adler, University of Utah, The Quarterly Review of Biology *