Mathematical Biology

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Continuous Population Models for Single Species....Pages 1-35
Discrete Population Models for a Single Species....Pages 36-62
Continuous Models for Interacting Populations....Pages 63-94
Discrete Growth Models for Interacting Populations....Pages 95-108
Reaction Kinetics....Pages 109-139
Biological Oscillators and Switches....Pages 140-178
Belousov-Zhabotinskii Reaction....Pages 179-199
Perturbed and Coupled Oscillators and Black Holes....Pages 200-231
Reaction Diffusion, Chemotaxis and Non-local Mechanisms....Pages 232-253
Oscillator Generated Wave Phenomena and Central Pattern Generators....Pages 254-273
Biological Waves: Single Species Models....Pages 274-310
Biological Waves: Multi-species Reaction Diffusion Models....Pages 311-359
Travelling Waves in Reaction Diffusion Systems with Weak Diffusion: Analytical Techniques and Results....Pages 360-371
Spatial Pattern Formation with Reaction/Population Interaction Diffusion Mechanisms....Pages 372-434
Animal Coat Patterns and Other Practical Applications of Reaction Diffusion Mechanisms....Pages 435-480
Neural Models of Pattern Formation....Pages 481-524
Mechanical Models for Generating Pattern and Form in Development....Pages 525-592
Evolution and Developmental Programmes....Pages 593-609
Epidemic Models and the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases....Pages 610-650
Geographic Spread of Epidemics....Pages 651-696
Back Matter....Pages 697-770