Category Archives: predator-prey model

Cycles in finite populations: A reproducible seminar in three acts

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

For this years Halloween I presented the mathematical biology seminar at the Centre for Mathematical Biology. Here is the title and the abstract… Cycles in finite populations: a reproducible seminar in three acts Many natural populations exhibit cyclic fluctuations. Explaining the underlying … Continue reading →

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Open Access(ish) contribution: Cycles in finite populations: a reproducible seminar in three acts

Posted on October 24, 2011 by

It’s Open Access week and this is what the hoopla is all about “Open Access” to information – the free, immediate, online access to the results of scholarly research, and the right to use and re-use those results as you need … Continue reading →

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Implementing the stochastic simulation algorithm in R

Posted on September 9, 2007 by

Dear blog, no I have not forgot you or the rest of the world. Sequestered in my humble cubicle I have been hammering away day and night for the last several weeks – hammering out a manuscript. Finally after what … Continue reading →

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Genetic basis of adaptive phenotypic branching.

Posted on May 28, 2007 by

An increasing number of studies are showing evidence in support of sympatric speciation. One basic question remains, however. When a population has undergone a branching in its phenotype, is this due to evolutionary branching in the underlying genotype or due … Continue reading →

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