some examples in plants Meyer, K.M., Wiegand, K., Ward, D. and Moustakas, A. (2007). The rhythm of savanna patch-dynamics. Journal of Ecology 95: 1306–1315 Meyer, K.M., Wiegand, K., Ward, D. and Moustakas, A. (2007). SATCHMO: A spatial simulation model of growth, competition, and mortality in cycling savanna patches. Ecological Modelling. 209: 377-391 Moustakas, A., Sakkos, K., Wiegand, K., Ward, D., Meyer, K.M. and Eisinger, D. (2009) Are savannas patch dynamic systems? A landscape model. Ecological Modelling. 220: 3576-3588 and some in fisheries and the 'learning' bahaviour of fishers Moustakas, A, Silvert, W. and Dimitromanolakis A (2006) A spatially explicit learning model of migratory fish and fishers for evaluating closed areas. Ecological Modelling 192: 245-258 Moustakas, A. and Silvert, W. (2011) Spatial and temporal effects on the efficacy of marine protected areas: implications from an individual based model. Stochastic Environmental Research & Risk Assessment. 25: 403-413 Hope that may be useful Best Aris On 7 March 2013 11:09, Watkins A. <aw4g09@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Theres nothing like a bit of shameless self promotion, so I can suggest one > of my own papers, but there are also a few others of a similar nature in > ecology that use agent-based models to look at population dynamics and the > effect of landscape structure/management on wildlife populations. Some > examples below: > > Watkins, A., Noble, J., and Doncaster, C.P. (2011) An agent based model of > jaguar movements through conservation corridors. In: Advances in Artificial > Life, ECAL 2011: Proceedings of the Eleventh European Conference on the > Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems, pp. 846-853, MIT Press. > http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/272840/1/jaguars.pdf > > Parry, H.R., Evans, A.J. And Morgan, D. (2006) Aphid population response to > agricultural landscape change. A spatially-explicit, individual-based model. > Ecological Modelling, 199(4): 451-463 > > > Robbins, M.M. And Robbins, A.M. (2004) Simulation of the population dynamics > and social structure of the Virunga mountain Gorillas. American Journal of > Primatology. 63: 201-223 > > > > Don't know if any of these will be helpful? Give me a shout if you want some > more examples…. > > > Angela Watkins > > PhD Student > BSc MRes MSB > Doctoral Training Centre for Complex Systems Simulation > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Centre for Biological Sciences > University of Southampton > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Research blog<http://ecologicalComplexity.blogspot.com/> > Research pages<http://cmg.soton.ac.uk/people/aw4g09/> > > From: Matthew Smith > <Matthew.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:Matthew.Smith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Reply-To: <ud8mm@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ud8mm@xxxxxxxxxxx>> > Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2013 06:23:39 +0000 > To: "ud8mm@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ud8mm@xxxxxxxxxxx>" > <ud8mm@xxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:ud8mm@xxxxxxxxxxx>>, > "bes_comp_eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bes_comp_eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" > <bes_comp_eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bes_comp_eco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Subject: [bes_comp_eco] Re: Query: paper suggestions > > Correcting myself… we have had a good query from Kevin Emerson! (apologies > Kevin) > > Dear Group, > We have had a good question from Kevin Emerson, please feel free to reply > either publically or privately. I will reply myself soon: > > Hello all, > I was hoping that I might be able to join this email group. I am currently > teaching an upper-division course in 'practical computing for biologists' and > am looking for good examples of how computation is applied in ecology. I am, > by training, an evolutionary geneticist using next-gen sequencing and have a > great deal of literature for the students in this field, but I would like to > diversify the papers that they read - showing that computation can facilitate > research in any subdiscipline of biology. > > I am looking for recommendations for undergraduate-accessible papers that > really show how computation can be used to address fundamental questions in > ecology. In particular, papers that focus on the biology and not the > computational aspects, are best - I want them to survey the biology, not the > computational approaches. > > Thank you very much for any suggestions. > > Warmest, > Kevin Emerson > ------------------ > Kevin J Emerson, PhD > Assistant Professor of Biology > Biology Department > St. Mary's College of Maryland > 18952 E. Fisher Rd > St. Mary's City, MD 20686-3001 > kjemerson@xxxxxxxx<mailto:kjemerson@xxxxxxxx> > http://faculty.smcm.edu/kjemerson > Office: 240 - 895 - 2123, Shaefer Hall 231 > >