WEB SITES WITH RESOURCES
Plug-in for excel from POPTOOLS that facilitates use of matrix population models and simulation of stochastic processes within the spreadsheet environment. Includes a way to choose random numbers from different kinds of statistical distributions. Free. http://www.cse.csiro.au/poptools/
Links to many ecological models
Links to numerous resources for ecological modeling
Short courses in mathematics
Lou Gross at the University of Tennessee organizes short courses on the mathematics of biological complexity. Many of these will be of interest to people who are primarily biologists who want to learn to use more quantitative approaches to science.
Overview