An International Workshop
Waves and patterns in models of population dynamics and evolution
University of Leicester (UK), March 7, 2007
Objectives: Mechanisms and scenarios of pattern formation are at the focus of ecology and evolution, mathematical modelling being widely recognised as a powerful and convenient theoretical tool to address these issues. There has been growing understanding recently that there are many overlaps and feedbacks between ecological and evolutionary theory both in terms of spatial/temporal scales and in terms of relevant mathematical models. The aim of this workshop is to bring together a few leading researchers working in these fields in order to clarify state-of-the-art of these fields, to refine existing problems, to highlight promising recent findings and to outline possible future directions.
Organisers: Alexander Gorban (Leicester), Sergei Petrovskii (Leicester)
Keynote Speakers:
Ulrike Feudel (Oldenburg, Germany)
Nicholas Hill (Glasgow, UK)
Vincent Jansen (Royal Holloway, UK)
Henrik Jensen (London, UK)
Horst Malchow (Osnabrueck, Germany)
Vitaly Volpert (Lyon, France)
Workshop Site: Michael Atyah Building, room 119 (see the campus map here)
Workshop Programme
9:00 – 9:25 Registration, tea & coffee
9:25 – 9:30 Welcome
9:30 – 10:15 Opening Lecture. V.Volpert. On some models in population dynamics with nonlocal consumption of resources.
10:15 – 11:00 V.Jansen. The evolution of altruism through beard chromodynamics.
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee break
11:15 – 12:00 H.Jensen. Lineage integrity in neutral evolution and temporal intermittency in co-evolution.
12:00 – 12:45 A.Gorban. Finite-dimensional asymptotics and emergence of optimality in general infinite systems with inheritance.
12:45 – 14:15 Lunch
14:15 – 15:00 N.Hill. A maximum entropy closure for spatial moments in spatial ecology
15:00 – 15:30 A.Hirzel. Consumer-resource spatial dynamics in realistic landscapes.
15:30 – 16:00 M.Smith. Understanding the spatiotemporal dynamics of rodent populations: multiannual cycles and periodic travelling waves.
16:00 – 16:30 Coffee break
16:30 – 17:15 U.Feudel. Spatio-temporal patterns in simple models of marine systems.
17:15 – 18:00 Closing Lecture. H.Malchow. Spatiotemporal patterns in deterministic and stochastic predation-diffusion systems with infected prey.
Contact:
Dr. Sergei Petrovskii
Michael Attyah Building, room 208
Department of Mathematics
University of Leicester
Tel.: +44 (0) 116 252 3916
Fax: +44 (0) 116 252 3915
Email: sp237@le.ac.uk
http://www.math.le.ac.uk/PEOPLE/sp237