Mathematics and Statistics Group
Seminar Programme: Spring 2012
ALL WELCOME
All seminars take place on Tuesdays at 4pm in the Cottrell Building,
room 4B94.
(Except for Tuesday 28th February - which starts at 2pm in 2B47)
| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| 28 Feb |
Andy White Heriot-Watt University NOTE: Starts 2pm in 2B47. |
The role of shared disease in ecological invasions Mathematical models have been developed that examine the role of infectious disease in ecological invasions for particular natural systems. As a case study I will describe a model that represents the interaction between red and grey squirrels and indicates that a squirrelpox virus carried by grey squirrels and lethal to red squirrels has been a key factor in the rapid replacement of red squirrels in the UK. A general understanding of the role of shared disease in the replacement of native species is less developed. In this talk I will examine a general theoretical framework to determine the role of disease, in addition to competition, in ecological invasions and the expansion of the spatial range of an invading species. The outcome is critically dependent on the relative effects that the disease has on the two species and less dependent on the basic epidemiological characteristics of the interaction. This framework is also used to investigate the effect of disease on the spatial spread of the invader. Our results show an interesting phenomenon where a wave of disease spreads through the landscape ahead of the wave of replacement. |
| 6 Mar |
Adam Kleczkowski University of Stirling |
Bringing human behaviour into ecological and epidemiological models Abstract |
| 13 Mar |
Raluca Eftimie University of Dundee |
The role of communication mechanisms on the formation and movement of self-organised biological aggregations with nonlocal interactions Abstract |
| 20 Mar |
Mariya Ptashnyk University of Dundee |
Modelling of plant roots: from single cell to root system Abstract |
| 27 Mar |
Kokouvi Mawuli Gamado Heriot-Watt University |
Inference for epidemics and effect of reporting processes Abstract |
| 10 Apr |
Sharon Hutchinson University |
Epidemiology of Hepatitis C virus in Scotland: modelling transmission and burden of disease. Abstract |
| 17 Apr |
Sunny Townsend University of Glasgow |
Title Abstract |
| 24 Apr |
Jonathan Sherratt Heriot-Watt University |
How does seasonal forcing affect cyclic field voles? Abstract |
