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Cooperative behaviour in theory and practice: leading undergraduate research in behaviour mathematical biology 理论与实践中的合作行为:引领行为数学生物学的本科生研究

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2015.1035571

Jonathan T. Rowell, J. Rychtář

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引用次数: 1

QUBES: a community focused on supporting teaching and learning in quantitative biology QUBES:一个专注于支持定量生物学教学的社区

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2015.1049969

S. Donovan, C. Eaton, S. Gower, P. Kristin, Jenkins, M. D. LaMar, DorothyBelle Poli, R. R. Sheehy, J. Wojdak

引用次数: 32

A voluntary use of insecticide-treated cattle can eliminate African sleeping sickness 自愿使用经过杀虫剂处理的牛可以消除非洲昏睡病

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2015.1111777

K. Crawford, A. Lancaster, Hyunju Oh, J. Rychtář

引用次数: 12

Competitive exclusion and coexistence in a Lotka–Volterra competition model with Allee effects and stocking 具有Allee效应和放养的Lotka-Volterra竞争模型中的竞争排斥与共存

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2015-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2015.1048316

M. De Silva, S. Jang

引用次数: 4

Why Publish in Letters in Biomathematics 为什么要发表在生物数学快报上

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414465

E. Board

引用次数: 0

Substrate Diffusion and Consumption in Rectangular Capillary-Tissue Bed 矩形毛细管-组织床中底物的扩散和消耗

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414471

Liang Sun

引用次数: 1

A Stage-Structured, Spatially Explicit Migration Model for Myotis Bats: Mortality location affects system dynamics 一个阶段结构的，空间明确的蝙蝠迁移模型:死亡率位置影响系统动力学

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414477

R. Erickson, W. Thogmartin, R. Russell, J. Diffendorfer, Jennifer A. Szymanski

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引用次数: 9

Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of the Role of Biodiversity to Control Pest Damage in Agroecosystems 生物多样性对农业生态系统有害生物防治作用的建模与敏感性分析

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414469

M. Yahdi, C. Sulyok, Karissa Smith, Alison Bugenis

引用次数: 2

A Comparison of the Boolean and Continuous Dynamics of Three-Gene Regulatory Networks 三基因调控网络布尔动态与连续动态的比较

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11414470

Timothy D. Comar, M. Hegazy, M. Henderson, Daniel Hrozencik

引用次数: 1

Integrated Pest Management with a Mixed Birth Rate for Prey Species 捕食物种混合出生率的害虫综合治理

Letters in Biomathematics Pub Date : 2014-01-01 DOI: 10.1080/23737867.2014.11432419

Olcay Akman, Dan Cairns, Timothy D. Comar, Daniel Hrozencik

引用次数: 5