Scudo, Francesco M. Vito Volterra, “Ecology” and the quantification of “Darwinism”. (English) Zbl 0978.01026 International conference in memory of Vito Volterra. Papers of the conference, Rome, Italy, October 8-11, 1990. Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Atti Convegni Lincei. 92, 313-333 (1992). The author shows some systems of differential or integro-differential equations which were introduced by Vito Volterra as mathematical models for the study of fluctuations in the number of jointly living animal species, specially emphasizing some aspects related to evolution theory.For the entire collection see [Zbl 0957.00059]. Reviewer: Antonio Cañada (Granada) MSC: 01A60 History of mathematics in the 20th century 92-03 History of biology Keywords:ecology; mathematical models; evolution theory; Darwinism Biographic References: Volterra, V. PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{F. M. Scudo}, in: Convegno internazionale in memoria di Vito Volterra. Rome: Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei. 313--333 (1992; Zbl 0978.01026)