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Ecological Modelling: an Introduction is a textbook tailored for the last year of a bachelor study or the first year of a master study. Ecological Modelling is a very powerful tool in environmental management and ecological research and a course in ecological modelling ought therefore to be compulsory for all studies focusing on environmental management, environmental sciences and ecology. Ecological modelling requires both an introduction to the basic theory and practical computer exercises in the development of models. To facilitate the exercises, the book presents several illustrations, where an ecological modelling problem or task is presented and the solution is then given in detail. Several exercises are presented after each chapter, but the best exercises are of course that the students develop their own models focusing on problems that they have formulated and have particular interest to solve. The basic theory of ecological modelling is covered by the first seven chapters of the textbook, including 'how to go modelling' and an overview of the various model types applicable in ecological modelling.The following five chapters present details about the development and application of the five most applied model types in ecological modelling: bio-geo-chemical models, population dynamic models, ecotoxicological models, spatial models and structurally dynamic models. For all five types, detailed and illustrative examples are presented. The examples are chosen to give the readers sufficient information to facilitate the development of their own model of the same type.

Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Ecological models Why go modelling?; History of ecological modelling; Modelling components; Modelling procedure; Selection of model complexity; Model uncertainty; Mediated modelling Chapter 2: Model types Classification of models; Model types - an overview; Characteristics of the model types; Applicability of the different model types Chapter 3: Biogeochemical models Biogeochemical and bioenergetic models have wide applications; A chemo-state model to illustrate a steady state biogeochemical model; An eutrophication model based on 2-4 state variables and statistic correlations to find additional state variables; An eutrophication model of medium to high complexity; Model of subsurface wetland; River models Chapter 4: Population dynamic models Introduction; Basic concepts; Growth models in population dynamics; Interaction between populations; Matrix models; Metapopulation models; Modelling infectious diseases Chapter 5: Ecotoxicological models Introduction; Five classes of ecotoxicological models; The application of parameter estimation methods in ecotoxicological modelling; Biogeochemical and ecotoxicological model example: contamination of an agricultural field; Uptake of toxic substances by plants Chapter 6: Spatial models Introduction; 2D and 3D models; An example of distance as independent variable: chromium pollution in a Danish Fjord; Application of GIS; Use of cellular automata or lattice models in spatial modelling; Surface modelling; Use of IBM in research: determination of the role of conjugation in the evolution Chapter 7: Structurally dynamic models (SDMs) Basic concepts of structurally dynamic modelling; Ecosystem characteristics; The thermodynamic concept of eco-exergy; Structurally dynamic models; Development of SDM for Darwin's finches; Model of the ectoparasites-birds interactions; A structurally dynamic eutrophication model developed by use of STELLA; SDM developed for Lake Fure


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781845644086
  • Publisher: WIT Press
  • Publisher Imprint: WIT Press
  • Height: 242 mm
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 165 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1845644085
  • Publisher Date: 04 Sep 2009
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: An Introduction


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