Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in C

Will Wilson

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511623424

Computer simulations provide a powerful tool for understanding ecological and evolutionary systems. Simulating Ecological and Evolutionary Systems in C models a diverse range of biological processes and systems, including competition, foraging, predation, mating systems, and life-history optimization, by simulating large collections of interacting individuals. Using the widely available computer programming language C, the book starts with elementary programs modeling stochastic birth-death processes, slowly increasing programming complexity as the chapters progress. All the important features of C are covered, including arrays, files, pointers, and structures, within biologically motivated simulations. Although computer simulations of extremely complicated biological processes are released from rigid mathematical constraints, each of the simulations is also placed in the context of a mathematical formulation examined either analytically or numerically. Procedures covered include testing random number generators, producing PostScript files, root-finding, numerical integration and using the genetic algorithm.

"This book is a gold mine, if you have the tools and interest to work it...Wilson's treatment of the relationships between analytical and stochastic models is one of the outstanding features of this bookoa powerful learning tool." Ecoscience

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Frontmatter
pp i-vi

Contents
pp vii-xii

Preface
pp xiii-xvi

1 - Introduction
pp 1-22

2 - Immigration–Emigration Models
pp 23-49

3 - Logistic Birth–Death Models
pp 50-75

4 - Random Numbers and Visualization
pp 76-104

5 - Two-Species Competition Model
pp 105-125

6 - Programming Projects
pp 126-151

7 - Foraging Model
pp 152-180

8 - Maintenance of Gynodioecy
pp 181-207

9 - Diffusion and Reactions
pp 208-247

10 - Optimal Resource Allocation Schedules
pp 248-282

11 - Epilogue
pp 283-285

References
pp 286-296

Index
pp 297-301

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