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Stochastic spatial models in ecology: a statistical physics approach
Simone Pigolotti, Massimo Cencini, Daniel Molina +1
Ecosystems display a complex spatial organization. Ecologists have long tried to characterize them by looking at how different measures of biodiversity change across spatial scales…
Extinction dynamics of a discrete population in an oasis
Stefano Berti, Massimo Cencini, Davide Vergni +1
Understanding the conditions ensuring the persistence of a population is an issue of primary importance in population biology. The first theoretical approach to the problem dates b…
Species abundances and lifetimes: from neutral to niche-stabilized communities
Simone Pigolotti, Massimo Cencini
We study a stochastic community model able to interpolate from a neutral regime to a niche partitioned regime upon varying a single parameter tuning the intensity of niche stabiliz…
What ecological factors shape species-area curves in neutral models?
Massimo Cencini, Simone Pigolotti, Miguel A. Muñoz
Understanding factors that shape biodiversity and species coexistence across scales is of utmost importance in ecology, both theoretically and for conservation policies. Species-ar…
Invasions in heterogeneous habitats in the presence of advection
Davide Vergni, Sandro Iannaccone, Stefano Berti +1
We investigate invasions from a biological reservoir to an initially empty, heterogeneous habitat in the presence of advection. The habitat consists of a periodic alternation of fa…
Coexistence and invasibility in a two-species competition model with habitat-preference
Simone Pigolotti, Massimo Cencini
The outcome of competition among species is influenced by the spatial distribution of species and effects such as demographic stochasticity, immigration fluxes, and the existence o…