Stochastic foundations in movement ecology anomalous diffusion, front propagation and random searches Vicenç Méndez, Daniel Campos, Frederic Bartumeus

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mendéz, Vicenç, author.

Campos Moreno, Daniel, author.

Bartumeus, Frederic, author.

Series:

Springer series in synergetics 0172-7389

Springer complexity

Springer Series in Synergetics 0172-7389

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoogeography--Mathematical models.

Zoogeography.

Zoogeography--Data processing.

Ecology.

Engineering.

Genetics--Mathematics.

Physics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Heidelberg Springer [2013?]

Summary:

This book presents the fundamental theory for non-standard diffusion problems in movement ecology. L vy processes and anomalous diffusion have shown to be both powerful and useful tools for qualitatively and quantitatively describing a wide variety of spatial population ecological phenomena and dynamics, such as invasion fronts and search strategies. Adopting a self-contained, textbook-style approach, the authors provide the elements of statistical physics and stochastic processes on which the modeling of movement ecology is based and systematically introduce the physical characterization of ecological processes at the microscopic, mesoscopic and macroscopic levels. The explicit definition of these levels and their interrelations is particularly suitable to coping with the broad spectrum of space and time scales involved in bio-ecological problems. Including numerous exercises (with solutions), this text is aimed at graduate students and newcomers in this field at the interface of theoretical ecology, mathematical biology and physics

Contents:

Elements of Probability Theory

Introduction to Stochastic Processes

Microscopic, Mesoscopic and Macroscopic Descriptions of Dispersal- Continuous-Time Random Walks and Anomalous Diffusion

Reaction-Dispersal Models and Front Propagation

Stochastic Optimal Foraging Theory

Cell Motion and Chemotaxis

Host-Pathogen Interactions

Biological Invasions

Random Search in Model Organisms

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2013)

Other Format:

Printed edition:

ISBN:

9783642390104

3642390102

3642390099

9783642390098

OCLC:

859668459

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license