====== Introduction to Population Biology ======


[[http://www.ift.unesp.br/users/kraenkel/|Roberto Kraenkel]]

Institute for Theoretical Physics, UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil

===== Outline =====

This is a course on basic population biology, with applications to ecology and
epidemiology. You will find the previous year's lectures on
[[http://www.ictp-saifr.org/mathbio2]]

==== Topics ====
Follow the links for handouts and supplementary material:

  - [[Single Species]]
  - [[Predation]]
  - [[Competition]]
  - [[Epidemiology]]
  - [[Spatial Ecology]]
  - [[Alternative States]]


===== Suggested Readings =====

=== If you have a background in physics or mathematics ===

J. Murray : Mathematical Biology I ( Springer, 2002), chapters 1, 3 10 and 11.

N. F. Britton, Essential Mathematical Biology (Springer,2003).

=== If you have a background in biology ===

N. J. Gotelli, A Primer of Ecology (Sinauer, 2001, third edition), chapters 1, 2, 5 and 6

=== If you think that you need to revise your knowledge on calculus, you may want to take a look at ===

S. P. Otto and T. Day, A Biologist’s Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution (Princeton U. Press, 2007).

=====Venue and further information=====

[[http://www.ictp-saifr.org/?page_id=4634|ICTP-SAIRF site]]