Modeling spatiotemporal dynamics in ecology

Foreword by Robert M. May, University of Oxford, U.K.- Emergent Phenomena in Spatially Extended Model Ecosystems.- Diversity, Stability, and Metadynamics: Remarks from Coupled Map Studies.- Spatial Dynamics of Populations.- Deterministic and Stochastic Host-Parasitoid Dynamics in Spatially Extended Systems.- Metapopulation Collapse: The Consequences of Limited Gene-Flow in Spatially Structured Populations.- On Wolf Territoriality and Deer Survival.- Models of Habitat Fragmentation.- Making Sense of Spatial Models in Ecology.- The Incidence Function Approach to Modeling of Metapopulation Dynamics.- Transients in Spatial Ecological Models.- Spatial Pattern Formation in Ecological Systems: Bridging Theoretical and Empirical Approaches.- The Challenge of Applying Spatially Explicit Models to a World of Sparse and Messy Data.- Index.