Quantitative Analysis of Movement: Measuring and Modeling Population Redistribution in Animals and Plants

Describes and systematizes quantitative methods for analyzing and modeling movement in an ecological context. Written for researchers and students (with calculus and elementary differential equations background) who are interested in spatial ecology in connection with conservation biology, pest control, or fisheries. Case studies cover a wide range of organisms including plants (seed dispersal, spatial spread of clonal plants), many kinds of insects, and vertebrates. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.