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Dynamical Systems in Population Biology

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  • Serves as a comprehensive reference book for researchers in applied dynamical systems and mathematical biology
  • Includes prototypical models in population ecology and epidemiology
  • Provides a combination of theory, methods, and applications

Part of the book series: CMS Books in Mathematics (CMSBM)

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. Dissipative Dynamical Systems

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 1-41
  3. Monotone Dynamics

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 43-75
  4. Nonautonomous Semiflows

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 77-117
  5. A Discrete-Time Chemostat Model

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 119-129
  6. N-Species Competition in a Periodic Chemostat

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 131-153
  7. Almost Periodic Competitive Systems

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 155-180
  8. Competitor–Competitor–Mutualist Systems

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 181-211
  9. A Periodically Pulsed Bioreactor Model

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 213-240
  10. A Nonlocal and Delayed Predator–Prey Model

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 241-263
  11. Traveling Waves in Bistable Nonlinearities

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 265-284
  12. The Theory of Basic Reproduction Ratios

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 285-315
  13. A Population Model with Periodic Delay

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 317-336
  14. A Periodic Reaction–Diffusion SIS Model

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 337-359
  15. A Nonlocal Spatial Model for Lyme Disease

    • Xiao-Qiang Zhao
    Pages 361-384
  16. Back Matter

    Pages 385-413

About this book

This research monograph provides an introduction to the theory of nonautonomous semiflows with applications to population dynamics. It develops dynamical system approaches to various evolutionary equations such as difference, ordinary, functional, and partial differential equations, and pays more attention to periodic and almost periodic phenomena. The presentation includes persistence theory, monotone dynamics, periodic and almost periodic semiflows, basic reproduction ratios, traveling waves, and global analysis of prototypical population models in ecology and epidemiology. 

Research mathematicians working with nonlinear dynamics, particularly those interested in applications to biology, will find this book useful. It may also be used as a textbook or as supplementary reading for a graduate special topics course on the theory and applications of dynamical systems.

Dr. Xiao-Qiang Zhao is a University Research Professor at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His main research interests involve applied dynamical systems, nonlinear differential equations, and mathematical biology. He is the author of more than 100 papers, and his research has played an important role in the development of the theory and applications of monotone dynamical systems, periodic and almost periodic semiflows, uniform persistence, and basic reproduction ratios.

Reviews

“In this interesting book an introduction to the theory of nonautonomous semiows on metric spaces is presented and several applications to population dynamics are given. More attention is paid to periodic and almost periodic models. … The mathematician interested in mathematical biology will find this book useful. It may be used as a supplementary textbook for graduate topics related to applications of dynamical systems on mathematical biology. The book includes an impressive list of references.” (George Karakostas, zbMATH 13.93.37.003, 2018)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada

    Xiao-Qiang Zhao

About the author

Dr. Xiao-Qiang Zhao is a professor in applied mathematics at Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada. His main research interests involve applied dynamical systems, nonlinear differential equations, and mathematical biology. He is the author of more than 40 papers and his research has played an important role in the development of the theory of periodic and almost periodic semiflows and their applications.

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Softcover Book USD 129.99
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