Body size is manifestly one of the most important attributes of an organism from an
ecological and evolutionary point of view. Size has a predominant influence on an animal's …

Publisher Summary This chapter illustrates the recent work on equations with state
dependent delays, with emphasis on particular models and on the emerging theory from the …

This book presents the recently introduced and already widely referred semi-discretization
method for the stability analysis of delayed dynamical systems. Delay differential equations …

The parasites that cause malaria depend on Anopheles mosquitoes for transmission;
because of this, mosquito population dynamics are a key determinant of malaria risk …

Despite often violent fluctuations in nature, species extinction is rare. California red scale, a
potentially devastating pest of citrus, has been suppressed for fifty years in California to …

Ecological Dynamics is unique in that it can serve both as an introductory text in numerous
ecology courses and as a resource for more advanced work. It provides a flexible …

Over the past three decades there has been a dramatic increase in theoretical and practical
studies on insect natural enemies. The appeal of insect predators, and parasitoids in …

Mosquito-borne diseases cause substantial mortality and morbidity worldwide. These
impacts are widely predicted to increase as temperatures warm and extreme precipitation …

Phenological shifts constitute one of the clearest manifestations of climate warming.
Advanced emergence is widely reported in high-latitude ectotherms, but a significant …

Individual organisms often show pronounced changes in body size throughout life with
concomitant changes in ecological performance. We synthesize recent insight into the …