Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-337) and index.
Contents:
Cones and ordered vector spaces -- The ordered vector spaces of real measures -- Homogeneous operators -- Spectral radii for homogeneous operators -- Order-bounded operators -- Upper semicontinuity of spectral radii -- A left resolvent for homogeneous operators -- Eigenvectors of (pseudo-) compact homogeneous operators -- Continuity of the spectral radius -- Eigenfunctionals -- Turnover versus reproduction number -- Linear maps on the vector space of measures -- Nonlinear dynamics -- Unstructured population models -- A rank-structured population with mating -- Two diffusing sexes and short reproduction season -- Nonlocal spatial spread of semelparous two-sex populations -- Populations with measure-valued structural distributions.
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