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Logistic Growth Model
This module a standard model of population growth in a constrained environment.
Exponential Functions
A module to explore the properties of exponential functions through models of growth and decay
Exploration: Exponential Functions and Derivatives
This module uses a small sample of the applets in the
Mathlets package together to explore
exponential functions and their derivatives in depth.
World Population Growth
This is a module for use in differential or integral calculus. It looks at a differential equation model for world population growth.
Journal of Online Mathematics and its Applications
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An Introduction to Population Ecology
References
Edwards, H., & Penney, D. (1999). Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems (2nd ed.). New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Giordano, F. R., Weir, M. D., & Fox, W. P. (2003). A First Course in Mathematical Modeling (3rd ed.), pp. 395-402, 427-437. California: Brooks Cole.
Johnson, G. (2003). Exploding Deer Populations. Available online at http://www.txtwriter.com/onscience/Articles/deerpops.html (accessed 10/5/05)
Molles, M. C. (2004). Ecology: Concepts and Applications (3rd ed.), pp. 280-286, 347-371. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Vandermeer, J. H., & Goldberg, D. E. (2004). Population Ecology: First Principles, pp. 2-20, 178-195. New Jersey: Princeton University Press.