Biology 763 Projects 1999
Continuous Models
Andrew Dobson and Mary Meagher. 1999. The population dynamics of
brucellosis in the Yellowstone National Park. Ecology 77: 1026-1036.
Analysis by Jeffrey French, Thomas Greig and Carlos Drayton.
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
Peter Jumars. 1998. Animal guts operating as ideal and non ideal chemical
reactors. preprint.
Analysis by Orinna Clark and Straud Armstrong.
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
Alan Hastings and Thomas Powell. 1991. Chaos in a three-species food chain.
Ecology 72: 896-903.
Analysis by Deidre Edwards, Mary Jo Hartman and Luall Ruun.
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
Revised model - after dimensional analysis:
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
Martin A. Nowak and Charles R. M. Bangham. 1996. Population dynamics
of immune responses to persistent viruses. Science 272: 74-79.
Analysis by Christopher Anderson, Wade Winterhalter and Shawn Michael
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
David Tilman, C. L. Lehman and C. Yin. 1997. Habitat destruction,
dispersal, and deterministic extinction in competitive communities.
American Naturalist 149: 407-435.
Analysis by Robert Daoust and Carrie Devier
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
Discrete Models
Anthony R. Ives and Dennis L. Murray. 1997. Can sublethal parasitism
destabilize predator-prey dynamics? A model of snowshoe hares, predators
and parasites. Journal of Animal Ecology 66: 265-278.
Analysis by Robert Daoust, Mary Jo Hartman and Carlos Drayton
Maple graphics
Maple worksheet
Kevin Higgins, Alan Hastings and Louis W. Botsford. 1997. Density
dependence and age structure: nonlinear dynamics and population behavior.
American Naturalist 149: 247-269.
Analysis by Carrie Devier, Luall Ruun, Tom Greig, Chris Anderson,
Orinna Clark
Maple graphics - effects of age structure: Devier, Ruun, Greig
Maple graphics - effects of time lags: Anderson and Clark
Maple worksheet
K. A. Moloney and Simon A. Levin. 1996. The effects of disturbance
architecture on landscape-level population dynamics. Ecology 77: 375-394.
Analysis by Deirdre Edwards, Jeffrey French, Straud Armstrong, and
Shawn Michael
Maple graphics - No Competition
Maple worksheet
Maple graphics - Competition
Maple worksheet
Maple graphics - Two Species Models
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