Dispersal, individual movement and spatial ecology a mathematical perspective Mark A. Lewis, Philip K. Maini, Sergei V. Petrovskii, editors

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Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Mark A., 1962-

Maini, Philip K.

Petrovskii, Sergei V.

Series:

Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag) 2071

Lecture notes in mathematics (Springer-Verlag). Mathematical biosciences subseries

Lecture notes in mathematics 2071. Mathematical biosciences

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Plants--Dispersal--Mathematics.

Plants.

Animals--Dispersal--Mathematics.

Animals.

Spatial ecology--Mathematics.

Spatial ecology.

Biomathematics.

Ecology.

Engineering mathematics.

Mathematical models.

Mathematics.

System theory.

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1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Berlin London Springer 2013

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English

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Summary:

Dispersal of plants and animals is one of the most fascinating subjects in ecology. It has long been recognized as an important factor affecting ecosystem dynamics. Dispersal is apparently a phenomenon of biological origin; however, because of its complexity, it cannot be studied comprehensively by biological methods alone. Deeper insights into dispersal properties and implications require interdisciplinary approaches involving biologists, ecologists and mathematicians. The purpose of this book is to provide a forum for researches with different backgrounds and expertise and to ensure further advances in the study of dispersal and spatial ecology. This book is unique in its attempt to give an overview of dispersal studies across different spatial scales, such as the scale of individual movement, the population scale and the scale of communities and ecosystems. It is written by top-level experts in the field of dispersal modeling and covers a wide range of problems ranging from the identification of Levy walks in animal movement to the implications of dispersal on an evolutionary timescale

Contents:

Individual Animal Movement. Stochastic Optimal Foraging Theory Frederic Bartumeus, Ernesto P. Raposo, Gandhi M. Viswanathan, Marcos G.E. da Luz Lévy or Not? Analysing Positional Data from Animal Movement Paths Michael J. Plank, Marie Auger-Méthé, Edward A. Codling Beyond Optimal Searching: Recent Developments in the Modelling of Animal Movement Patterns as Lévy Walks Andy Reynolds From Individuals to Populations. The Mathematical Analysis of Biological Aggregation and Dispersal: Progress, Problems and Perspectives Hans G. Othmer, Chuan Xue Hybrid Modelling of Individual Movement and Collective Behaviour Benjamin Franz, Radek Erban From Individual Movement Rules to Population Level Patterns: The Case of Central-Place Foragers Hsin-Hua Wei, Frithjof Lutscher Transport and Anisotropic Diffusion Models for Movement in Oriented Habitats Thomas Hillen, Kevin J. Painter Incorporating Complex Foraging of Zooplankton in Models: Role of Micro- and Mesoscale Processes in Macroscale Patterns Andrew Yu. Morozov Populations, Communities and Ecosystems. Life on the Move: Modeling the Effects of Climate-Driven Range Shifts with Integrodifference Equations Ying Zhou, Mark Kot Control of Competitive Bioinvasion Horst Malchow, Alex James, Richard Brown Destruction and Diversity: Effects of Habitat Loss on Ecological Communities Nick F. Britton Emergence and Propagation of Patterns in Nonlocal Reaction-Diffusion Equations Arising in the Theory of Speciation Vitaly Volpert, Vitali Vougalter Numerical Study of Pest Population Size at Various Diffusion Rates Natalia Petrovskaya, Nina Embleton, Sergei V. Petrovskii

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ISBN:

9783642354977

3642354971

OCLC:

832286154

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