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- Subject: Re: Seeking predator-prey interaction models
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- From: robison1@husc9.harvard.edu (Keith Robison)
- Date: 28 Jan 93 18:12:58 GMT
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- wij@world.std.com (William I Johnston) writes:
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- >I am working on high school mathematics textbooks and would
- >like to learn about mathematical models for studying predator-
- >prey interactions.
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- >Does anyone know references to books or articles that include
- >such modeling, or people I might consult?
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- >I am searching for relatively simple equations or matrices,
- >or models whose complexity can be simplified for high school
- >students. It would be great if the populations studied are
- >of interest to high-school aged students.
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- >wij@world.std.com
- >William I Johnston
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- The Computer Recreations column in Scientific American would be a
- good place to start. There was an article on predator-prey modeling
- sometime prior to my college freshman year (1988), as I used it
- for a project.
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- Keith Robison
- Harvard University
- Department of Cellular & Developmental Biology
- Department of Genetics / HHMI
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- robison@biosun.harvard.edu
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