Stochastic foundations in movement ecology [electronic resource] : anomalous diffusion, front propagation and random searches / Vicenç Méndez, Daniel Campos, Frederic Bartumeus.
2013
QL101
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Title
Stochastic foundations in movement ecology [electronic resource] : anomalous diffusion, front propagation and random searches / Vicenç Méndez, Daniel Campos, Frederic Bartumeus.
Author
Mendéz, Vicenç, author.
ISBN
9783642390104 electronic book
3642390102 electronic book
9783642390098
3642390102 electronic book
9783642390098
Published
Heidelberg : Springer, [2013?]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-642-39010-4 doi
Call Number
QL101
Dewey Decimal Classification
591.9
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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Access limited to authorized users.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 24, 2013).
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Campos, Daniel, author.
Bartumeus, Frederic, author.
Bartumeus, Frederic, author.
Series
Springer series in synergetics, 0172-7389
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Springer complexity.
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Table of 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.
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.