"What makes for a good mathematics textbook? Challenging, didactic exercises with hints and solutions are a sine qua non: without them you might have a good monograph, but not a good text. Score several points for Hoppensteadt's book, with its meaty exercises...I would recommend the book for a senior or graduate-level course...also valuable as a sourcebook of ideas for applied mathematicians who want to get into this branch of mathematical biology." Mathematical Biosciences

• Preface; 1. Population dynamics; 2. Renewal theory and reproduction matrices; 3. Markov chains; 4. Perturbation methods; 5. Dispersal processes; Appendix; Solutions to selected exercises; References; Author index; Subject index.

"What makes for a good mathematics textbook? Challenging, didactic exercises with hints and solutions are a sine qua non: without them you might have a good monograph, but not a good text. Score several points for Hoppensteadt's book, with its meaty exercises...I would recommend the book for a senior or graduate-level course...also valuable as a sourcebook of ideas for applied mathematicians who want to get into this branch of mathematical biology." Mathematical Biosciences

• Preface; 1. Population dynamics; 2. Renewal theory and reproduction matrices; 3. Markov chains; 4. Perturbation methods; 5. Dispersal processes; Appendix; Solutions to selected exercises; References; Author index; Subject index.

"What makes for a good mathematics textbook? Challenging, didactic exercises with hints and solutions are a sine qua non: without them you might have a good monograph, but not a good text. Score several points for Hoppensteadt's book, with its meaty exercises...I would recommend the book for a senior or graduate-level course...also valuable as a sourcebook of ideas for applied mathematicians who want to get into this branch of mathematical biology." Mathematical Biosciences

• Preface; 1. Population dynamics; 2. Renewal theory and reproduction matrices; 3. Markov chains; 4. Perturbation methods; 5. Dispersal processes; Appendix; Solutions to selected exercises; References; Author index; Subject index.