Fred Adler Research and Teaching Interests: Mathematical biology, ecology, evolution. Favorite Authors: Thomas Mann, Kenzaburo Oe, Anton Chekhov, William Shakespeare Recent Publications: -Textbook- F.R. Adler. Modeling the Dynamics of Life: Calculus and Probability for Life Scientists. Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, 2004 (textbook, second edition). -Scientific Papers- F. R. Adler and D. M. Gordon. "Optimization, conflict, and non overlapping foraging ranges in ants." American Naturalist, 162: 529 T. T. Hills and F. R. Adler. "Time's crooked arrow: Rate biased time perception and optimal foraging." Animal Behavior, 64:589--597, 2002. T. G. Liou, F. R. Adler, B. C. Cahill, S. C. FitzSimmons, D. Huang, J. R. Hibbs, and B. C. Marshall. "Survival effect of lung transplantation among patients with cystic fibrosis." Journal of the American Medical Association, 286:2683--2689, 2001. F. R. Adler and J. Mosquera. "Is space necessary? Interference competition and limits to biodiversity." Ecology, 81:3226--3232, 2000. F. R. Adler. "The balance of terror: An alternative mechanism for competitive tradeoffs and its implications for invading species." American Naturalist, 154:497--509, 1999. F. R. Adler and M. Kotar. "Departure time versus departure rate: How to forage optimally when you are stupid." Evolutionary Ecology Research, 11:411-- 421, 1999.