Skip to content

ECOL 8910: Perspectives in Computational Ecology

Spring 2017: Multi-scale Modeling

ECOL 8910: Perspectives in Computational Ecology

  • Readings
  • Schedule
Uncategorized 

Long-Distant plant dispersal and habitat fragmentation: identifying conservation targets for spatial landscape planning under climate chagne

April 27, 2017 ashton

DOI: http://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2004.12.006   Background: As the global climate continues to change, plant species responses are expected to either perish, adapt to

Read more
Uncategorized 

Stochastic game dynamics under demographic fluctuations

April 27, 2017 ashton

Using the Lotka-Voletraa equations, researchers present a model for stochastic evolutionary game dynamics that accommodates for changing population size. The

Read more
Student summary 

Linking metacommunity theory and symbiont evolutionary ecology

April 27, 2017 ashton

This article is an opinion piece that explores the importance of linking symbiont dynamics to metacommunity theory. This paper posits

Read more
Student summary 

Disentangling the Web of Life

April 27, 2017 paige

Bascompte J. Disentangling the web of life. Science. 2009 Jul 24;325(5939):416-9. In the past, biodiversity research primarily focused on species

Read more
Student summary 

Spread of epidemic disease on networks

April 26, 2017 briggs

Contacts between infected and susceptible individuals within a population form a network of interactions. The topology, or structure of this

Read more
Student summary 

Coupled economic-ecological systems with slow and fast dynamics

April 26, 2017 briggs

Ecosystems are often complex adaptive systems with components that can exhibit non-linear dynamics.  These nonlinearities can lead to alternative ecosystem

Read more
Student summary 

Nine challenges for deterministic epidemic models

April 26, 2017April 27, 2017 vinsonje

Roberts, Mick, et al. “Nine challenges for deterministic epidemic models.” Epidemics 10 (2015): 49-53. Deterministic models have been used in

Read more
Student summary 

Coupling Within-Host and Between-Host Infectious Diseases Models

April 25, 2017April 25, 2017 vinsonje

Martcheva, Maia, Necibe Tuncer, and Colette St Mary. “Coupling Within-Host and Between-Host Infectious Diseases Models.” BIOMATH 4.2 (2015): 1510091. The

Read more
Student summary 

Emergent properties in individual-based ecological models-introducing case studies in an ecosystem research context

April 24, 2017April 24, 2017 vinsonje

Breckling, Broder, et al. “Emergent properties in individual-based ecological models—introducing case studies in an ecosystem research context.” Ecological modelling 186.4

Read more
Student summary 

State–space models link elk movement patterns to landscape characteristics in Yellowstone National Park

April 24, 2017 claire

Forester, J. D., Ives, A. R., Turner, M. G., Anderson, D. P., Fortin, D., Beyer, H. L., … & Boyce,

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →

Recent Posts

  • Within-host parasite cooperation and the evolution of virulence
  • An unlikely partnership: parasites, concomitant immunity and host defence
  • Five challenges for spatial epidemic models
  • Spatial Scale of Population Synchrony: Environmental Correlation versus Dispersal and Density Regulation
  • Eight challenges for network epidemic models

Categories

  • Announcements
  • Student summary
  • Uncategorized

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
Copyright © 2023 ECOL 8910: Perspectives in Computational Ecology. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColorMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.