title: Mathematical ecology: why mechanistic models?
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Helsinki, PO Box 68, 00014 Helsinki, Finland. stefan.geritz@helsinki.fi
authors.forename: Stefan A H
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Geritz
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kisdi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001723:Birth Rate; D004463:Ecology / Q000379:methods*; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009026:Mortality; D011157:Population Dynamics; D013269:Stochastic Processes