Diffusion and Ecological Problems: Modern Perspectives [Paperback]

The story of this edition is a testament to an almost legendary gure in theoretical ecology and to the in uence his work and charisma has had on the eld. It is also a story that can only be told by a trip back in time, to the genesis of the First Edition and before. Akira kubo and I were students together, but never knew it at the time. He was a graduate student at The ohns Hopkins niversity, where I was an undergraduate in mathematics. e both studied modern physics, taught by Dino Franco asetti, and we decided years later that we must have been in the same class. Akira was then a chemical oceanographer, but ship time and his stomach did not agree. Sohe turned to theory,and the rest is history. His impact has been phenomenal, and the First Edition of this book was his most in uential work. Building on his famous work with dye-di?usion e periments, he turned his attention to organisms and created a unique melding of ideas from physics and biology.1. Introduction: The Mathematics of Ecological Diffusion.- 2. The Basics of Diffusion.- 3. Passive Diffusion in Ecosystems.- 4. Diffusion of Smell and Taste: Chemical Communication.- 5. Mathematical Treatment of Biological Diffusion.- 6. Some Examples of Animal Diffusion.- 7. The Dynamics of Animal Grouping.- 8. Animal Movements in Home Range.- 9. Patchy Distribution and Diffusion.- 10. Population Dynamics in Temporal and Spatial Domains.- References.- Author Index.

From the reviews of the second edition:

This book is the second edition of the popular and very influential book of A. Okubo & . The reader will find a great deal of biological interpretation and discussion & . A valuable asset of the book is the reference list that contains well over one thousand literature citations. S. Levin and his colleagues are to be commended and congratulated on this volume, which undoubtedly will continue well into the future to hold its legendary status in the field of diffusion processl3Ù