Movement ecology: hierarchical approaches and spatial patterns
Event details
| Date | 25.09.2012 |
| Hour | 16:15 › 17:15 |
| Speaker | Dr Marino Gatto, Ecology, Politecnico di Milano, IT |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Ecology studies the interactions of organisms with the surrounding environment, be it biotic or abiotic. The response to environment occurs on a hierarchy of spatial and temporal scales and/or structures that must be suitably incorporated into ecological models. The seminar will focus on the analysis of spatial patterns and the relevant modeling that explains their formation, which is crucially dependent on the movement of organisms. Four cases will be presented: • the vegetation patterns as determined by seed predation; • the spatial distribution and evolution of waterborne diseases, in particular of cholera; • the dynamics and spread of aquatic invasive species, in particular the zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha; • the spatiotemporal dynamics of the European eel Anguilla anguilla, a species with a complex life cycle encompassing freshwater and Ocean.
Practical information
- General public
- Free
- This event is internal
Organizer
- IIE
Contact
- Prof. Andrea Rinaldo, ECHO