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From: Brendan Furneaux <brendan.r.furneaux@xxxxxx>
Sent: torsdag 2. desember 2021 11:20
To: oikoslistan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: PhD position: Using agent-based models to develop spatial theory for
community ecology
PhD position: Using agent-based models to develop spatial theory for community
ecology University of Jyväskylä, Finland Main supervisor: Otso Ovaskainen
Application deadline: January 14, 2022
Are you interested in both mathematics and ecology? If yes, you may become the
PhD student who will develop the much-needed spatial theory for community
ecology. To do so, you will apply recently developed mathematical and
simulation methods (see Cornell et al. 2019) to build agent-based models, where
the agents represent interacting organisms.
These interactions can relate e.g., to resource competition, predator- prey
dynamics, or host-parasite dynamics, including ecological and evolutionary
perspectives. Current spatial theories in community ecology are mainly based on
the so called Metacommunity Theory. This theory assumes that local communities
inhabit discrete habitat patches.
In some systems, such as networks of islands or ponds, the discrete delineation
of habitat patches is a very natural one. But if you walk e.g., in the boreal
forest, you will realize that it is very difficult to say where one patch ends
and another one starts. For such very common continuous habitats, theories of
community ecology are still largely lacking. In this PhD project, you will fill
this important gap by developing new theories! To reach this, you will be
supported by a multidisciplinary research group with expertise in theoretical,
mathematical, statistical and empirical community ecology.
Reference
Cornell, S. J., Suprunenko, Y. F., Finkelshtein, D., Somervuo, P. and
Ovaskainen, O. 2019. A unified framework for analysis of individual- based
models in ecology and beyond. Nature Communications 10, 4716.
For further details, please contact: Academy Professor Otso Ovaskainen
(otso.t.ovaskainen@xxxxxx)
See job announcement for more details (this is project #5):
https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.jyu.fi%2Fscience%2Fen%2Fbioenv%2Fresearch%2Fdoctoral-programme%2Fphd-posts%2F2022%2Fopen-doctoral-student-positions%3F_ga%3D2.195127340.168143020.1638219743-113830343.1638219743&data=04%7C01%7Candre.frainer%40nina.no%7Cfbb12115bb3841f2428308d9b57d5869%7C6cef373021314901831055b3abf02c73%7C0%7C0%7C637740372372435257%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000&sdata=LvnJMFPg%2B2DxSkbaV766KqEagRCB2jopDE%2B013DZ1%2FM%3D&reserved=0
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