Mathematical Ecology of Plant Species Competition: A Class Of Deterministic Models For Binary Mixtures Of Plant Genotypes, by Pakes, Anothy G. and R.A. Maller
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Mathematical Ecology of Plant Species Competition: A Class Of Deterministic Models For Binary Mixtures Of Plant Genotypes, by Pakes, Anothy G. and R.A. Maller. Cambridge University Press: Cambridge, 1990. Edition: First Edition. ISBN: 0821373883. Hardcover, 193 pages. Black cloth; gilt lettering on spine. Charts, graphs, formulas, bibliography, index,

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This study will be valuable to researchers and students in mathematical biology, and to agronomists and botanists interested in population dynamics.

The book gives a detailed account of model construction, analysis, and application to field data obtained from long-term trials. In the particular case study modeled, the species involved are two pastural strains [of the annual legume subterranean clover (Trifolium subterraneum L.)] whose dynamics have critical agricultural and economic implications for the areas in which they are found, including North America, the Mediterranean region, and Australia.

Presented in this volume is a class of deterministic models describing the dynamics of two plant species whose characteristics are common to the majority of annual plants that have a seedbank. Formulated in terms of elementary dynamical systems, these models were developed in response to four major questions on the long-term outcomes of binary mixtures of plant species: Is ultimate coexistence possible? If not, which strain will win? Does the mixture approach an equilibrium? If so, how long does the mixture take to attain it?

From the preface:
This book is written in a mathematical style, that is, theorem -- proof -- discussion. We believe that this caters better for readers with differing interests, and in particular it clearly separates the proofs, wherein lie most of the technicalities, from the remainder. Thus the results and their consequences can be gleaned without having to plough through the proofs and the latter are always easily identified. The book can be read either by mathematicians or mathematically literate biologists. Most of the mathematics concerns convergence properties of sequences and series, but some parts require knowledge of discrete renewal equations and iteration of monotonic functions..