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SUMMARY:A statistical physics approach to the dynamics of ecological commu
 nities
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DESCRIPTION:Maritan\, Amos (University of Padua\, IT)\nUnderstanding the o
 rigin  maintenance and loss of biodiversity in ecological systems is a goa
 l of the highest scientific priority given the rapidity of global biodiver
 sity loss. The dynamical behavior of an ecological communities will be con
 sidered and benchmarked against the exact predictions of an effective non-
 interacting model near or at stationarity. The approach provides a descrip
 tion of the relative species abundance  leads to a quantitative understand
 ing of the species turnover distribution and extinction times  and a measu
 re of the temporal scales of evolution. The problem of stability and diver
 sity of an interacting ecosystem will be discussed in relation with the to
 pology of the interaction network.\n\nReferences\nS. Azaele  S. Pigolotti 
  S. Banavar  J.R. & Maritan A. Dynamical evolution of ecosystems. Nature 4
 44  926 (2006).\nVolkov I.  Banavar  J.R.  He  F.  Hubbell  S.P. & Maritan
  A. Density dependence explains tree species abundance and diversity in tr
 opical forests. Nature 438  658-661 (2005).\nZillio T.  Volkov I.  Banavar
  J.R.  Hubbell S.P. & Maritan A. Spatial scaling in model plant communitie
 s. Phys. Rev. Lett. 95  098101 (2005).\nAzaele S.  Muneepeerakul Maritan A
 .  Rinaldo A.  Rodriguez-Iturbe I. Predicting spatial similarity of freshw
 ater fish biodiversity. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 106  7058 (2009).\nVol
 kov I.  Banavar J.R. & Maritan A. Inferring species interactions in tropic
 al forests. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci. (USA) 106  13854 (2009).\nSimini F.  Anf
 odillo T.  Carrer M.  Banavar J.R. & Maritan A. Self-similarity and scalin
 g in forest communities. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. (USA) 107  7658-7662 (2010
 ).
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