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Spring 2017: Multi-scale Modeling

ECOL 8910: Perspectives in Computational Ecology

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April 23, 2017 robbie

Demography and Dispersal: Calculation and Sensitivity Analysis of Invasion Speed for Structured Populations

Neubert and Caswell provide a brief introduction to integrodifference equations before introducing stage structure to the typical equation. The stage

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April 22, 2017 robbie

Mixed Infections and the Evolution of Virulence: Effects of Resource Competition, Parasite Plasticity, and Impaired Host Immunity

Choisy and de Roode set out to build a conceptual bridge between the somewhat disjoint empirical and theoretical study of

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April 22, 2017 robbie

A general mathematical framework for the analysis of spatiotemporal point processes

Ovaskainen et al. motivate their study with the difficulty of mathematical analysis of spatial stochastic models. A central problem is

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April 21, 2017 vinsonje

Multiscale modeling of virus replication and spread.

Kumberger, Peter, et al. “Multiscale modeling of virus replication and spread.” FEBS letters (2016). In the paper, the authors review

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April 21, 2017 vinsonje

Mathematical models of within-host and transmission dynamics to determine effects of malaria interventions in a variety of transmission settings.

Eckhoff, Philip. “Mathematical models of within-host and transmission dynamics to determine effects of malaria interventions in a variety of transmission

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April 21, 2017 vinsonje

Living in the branches: population dynamics and ecological processes in dendritic networks

Campbell Grant, Evan H., Winsor H. Lowe, and William F. Fagan. “Living in the branches: population dynamics and ecological processes

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April 21, 2017 vinsonje

Self-organized wave pattern in a predator-prey model.

Sun, Gui-Quan, et al. “Self-organized wave pattern in a predator-prey model.” Nonlinear Dynamics 60.3 (2010): 265-275. The paper investigates the

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April 18, 2017 michelle

Linking Metacommunity Paradigms to Spatial Coexistence Mechanisms

Shoemaker, Lauren G, and Brett A Melbourne. 2016. “Linking Metacommunity Paradigms to Spatial Coexistence Mechanisms.” Ecology, May, 1–32. doi:10.1002/ecy.1454. Metacommunity

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April 18, 2017 robbie

Analysis of dispersal effects in metapopulation models

Ruiz-Herrera approaches the interaction between local dynamics and dispersal in spatially discrete populations analytically. Some of the mathematics in this

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April 13, 2017 claire

Sub-lethal effects of pathogens can lead to the evolution of lower virulence in multiple infections

Schjørring, S., & Koella, J. C. (2003). Sub-lethal effects of pathogens can lead to the evolution of lower virulence in

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