Preface -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Exponential Growth and Decay -- 2.1 Exponential Growth -- 2.2 Exponential Decay -- 2.3 Summary -- 2.4 Exercises -- 2.5 References- 3 Discrete Time Models -- 3.1 Solutions of the discrete logistic -- 3.2 Enhancements to the Discrete Logistic Function -- 3.3 Summary -- 3.4 Exercises -- 3.5 References- 4 Fixed Points, Stability, and Cobwebbing -- 4.1 Fixed Points and Cobwebbing -- 4.2 Linear Stability Analysis -- 4.3 Summary -- 4.4 Exercises -- 4.5 References- 5 Population Genetics Models -- 5.1 Two Phenotypes Case -- 5.2 Three Phenotypes Case -- 5.3 Summary -- 5.4 Exercises -- 5.5 References- 6 Chaotic Systems -- 6.1 Robert May's Model -- 6.2 Solving the Model -- 6.3 Model Fixed Points -- 6.4 Summary -- 6.5 Exercises -- 6.6 References- 7 Continuous Time Models -- 7.1 The Continuous Logistic Equation -- 7.2 Equilibrium States and their Stability -- 7.3 Continuous Logistic Equation with Harvesting -- 7.4 Summary -- 7.5 Exercises -- 7.6 References- -- 8 Organism-Organism Interaction Models.-8.1 Interaction Models Introduction -- 8.2 Competition -- 8.3 Predator-Prey -- 8.4 Mutualism -- 8.5 Summary -- 8.6 Exercises -- 8.7 References- 9 Host-Parasitoid Models -- 9.1 Beddington Model -- 9.2 Some Solutions of the Beddington Model -- 9.3 MATLAB Solution for the Host-Parasitoid Model -- 9.4 Python Solution for the Host-Parasitoid Model -- 9.5 Summary -- 9.6 Exercises -- 9.7 References- 10 Competition Models with Logistic Term -- 10.1Addition of Logistic Term to Competition Models -- 10.2 Predator-Prey-Prey Three Species Model -- 10.3Predator-Prey-Prey Model Solutions -- 10.4 Summary -- 10.5Exercises -- 10.6References- 11 Infectious Disease Models -- 11.1 Basic Compartment Modeling Approaches -- 11.2SI Model -- 11.3SI model with Growth in S -- 11.4 Applications using Mathematica -- 11.5 Applications using MATLAB -- 11.6 Summary -- 11.7 Exercises -- 11.8 References- 12 Organism Environment Interactions -- 12.1 Introduction to Energy Budgets -- 12.2 Radiation -- 12.3 Convection -- 12.4 Transpiration -- 12.5 Total Energy Budget -- 12.6 Solving the Budget: Newton's Method for Root Finding -- 12.7 Experimenting with the Leaf Energy Budget -- 12.8 Summary -- 12.9 Exercises -- 12.10 References- 13 Appendix 1: Brief Review of Differential Equations in Calculus- 14 Appendix 2: Numerical Solutions of ODEs- 15 Appendix 3: Tutorial on Mathematica- 16 Appendix 4: Tutorial on MATLAB- 17 Appendix 5: Tutorial on Python Programming- Index.