A practical Guide to Ecological Modelling. Using R as a Simulation Platform. 2009. illus. XVI, 372 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

Many texts on ecological models jump to describing either particular relations or computational results, without treatingin detail the conceptual and mathematical basis of many steps in modelling: why set up models, what are basic conceptual models, how do conservation laws come in, how are models solved, what are steady states. This book is intended to bridge this gap. It is intended as an introductory text for graduate and post-graduate students, but also as a help for experienced ecologists who want to make more of their data by modelling. It contains many examples, all worked out in the open-source package R, providing the reader the opportunity to practice all methods and get hands-on experience.