The material in the book is arranged such that the student starts from basic concepts and formulations, then moves towards more advanced theories and methods, finally learning about parameter estimation, model testing, and practical application.  Exercises with solutions and hands-on R-code are provided to help the student digest the concepts and become proficient with the methods.  The book should be useful for both forest ecologists who want to become modellers, and for applied mathematicians who want to learn about forest ecology. weiterlesen