Infectious diseases are a threat to human health and a hindrance to societal development.
Consequently, the spread of diseases in both time and space has been widely studied …

Ecological theory has been dominated by a focus on long-term or asymptotic behavior as a
way to understand natural systems. Yet experiments are done on much shorter timescales …

For epidemiologists, evolutionary biologists, and health-care professionals, real-time and
predictive modeling of infectious disease is of growing importance. This book provides a …

In this paper, an investigation and analysis of a nonlinear fractional-order SIR epidemic
model with Crowley–Martin type functional response and Holling type-II treatment rate are …

Seasonal change in the incidence of infectious diseases is a common phenomenon in both
temperate and tropical climates. However, the mechanisms responsible for seasonal …

There exists an interplay between vaccine coverage, disease prevalence and the
vaccinating behaviour of individuals. Moreover, because of herd immunity, there is also a …

Despite an undergraduate degree in Zoology and an MSc on the behavior of voles, I have
long been fascinated by theoretical biology and the relationship between models and data …

Infectious diseases provide a particularly clear illustration of the spatiotemporal
underpinnings of consumer-resource dynamics. The paradigm is provided by extremely …

The increasing use of computer simulation by theoretical ecologists started a move away
from models formulated at the population level towards individual-based models. However …

Avian influenza virus (AIV) persists in North American wild waterfowl, exhibiting major
outbreaks every 2–4 years. Attempts to explain the patterns of periodicity and persistence …