Mathematical Sciences Seminar - Mathematics of Movement Ecology
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Birkbeck Main Building, Malet Street
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Animals move, however understanding how and why they do has been an open area of research since the time of Aristotle. Understanding movement is fundamental to some of the most important open questions in science: from how climate change will affect habitat use and range-shifts to better control and prevention of infectious diseases. The field of movement ecology has undergone a rapid growth in recent times, with the advancement of tracking and computing technologies, alongside the development of new mathematical and analytical techniques, allowing us to understand animal behaviour in ever greater detail. In this talk I will briefly introduce the field of movement ecology and provide examples of current directions of research. In particular, I will highlight a theoretical result which looks at the efficiency of movement when movement behaviour is modelled using random walk theory.
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Department of Economics, Mathematics and Statistics