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ECOL 8910: Perspectives in Computational Ecology

Spring 2017: Multi-scale Modeling

ECOL 8910: Perspectives in Computational Ecology

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Welcome to ECOL 8910

January 4, 2017January 4, 2017 Dr. Drake

This is the course website for the Spring 2017 course Perspectives in Computational Ecology (ECOL 8910) taught in the Odum School of

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Within-host parasite cooperation and the evolution of virulence

April 28, 2017 robbie

Alizon and Lion consider the role of cooperation between coinfecting parasites in the form of public goods (PGs) in the

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An unlikely partnership: parasites, concomitant immunity and host defence

April 27, 2017 ashton

DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2001.1821   Background: For certain systems, hosts are only able to mount a successful immune defense during the larval

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Five challenges for spatial epidemic models

April 27, 2017 vinsonje

Riley, Steven, et al. “Five challenges for spatial epidemic models.” Epidemics 10 (2015): 68-71. There is an increasing awareness of

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Spatial Scale of Population Synchrony: Environmental Correlation versus Dispersal and Density Regulation

April 27, 2017 ashton

DOI: 10.1086/303240 Background: This paper seeks to understand mechanisms that drive synchrony in spatial populations between sites, where synchrony can

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Eight challenges for network epidemic models

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 vinsonje

Pellis, Lorenzo, et al. “Eight challenges for network epidemic models.” Epidemics 10 (2015): 58-62. Networks are representations of complex systems

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Regular pattern formation in real ecosystems

April 27, 2017 ashton

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2007.10.013   This paper provides a review of recent studies that report ecosystem level pattern formation demonstrating scale-dependent feedback between

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Predator attack rate evolution in space: The role of ecology mediated by complex emergent spatial structure and self-shading

April 27, 2017 ashton

http://doi.org/10.1016/j.tpb.2013.08.003   Background: In predator prey systems, ecologists are interested in understanding mechanisms that drive the evolution of predator attack

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Population synchrony and environmental variation: an experimental demonstration

April 27, 2017 ashton

DOI: 10.1046/j.1461-0248.2001.00225.x Background: Understanding mechanisms that facilitate metapopulation synchrony is important due to the increased risk of metapoulation extinction associated

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Large Species Shifts Triggered by Small Forces

April 27, 2017 ashton

DOI: 10.1086/422204 Background Understanding the mechanisms behind shifts in community composition will help in explaining often sudden and contrast shifts

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The Effect of Spatial and Temporal Heterogeneity on the Design and Analysis of Empirical Studies of Scale-Dependent Systems

April 27, 2017 ashton

DOI: 10.1086/510925   For convenience references to scale in this paper are referred here as levels. This paper presents a

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