Models of structured populations

– with R.D. Holt and M. Barfield, Department of Biology, University of Florida

We have developed both deterministic recursion models and stochastic individual-based model simulations for various kinds of structured populations. Recent work includes nested models of pathogens within hosts, and stage-structured populations with both sexual and clonal reproduction. Ongoing work considers the effects of spatial structure on adaptation in populations with both sexual and clonal reproduction.

Recent Papers

Orive, M.E., R.D. Holt, and M. Barfield. (2018) Evolutionary rescue in a linearly changing environment: Limits on predictability. Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-018-0504-5

Orive, M.E., M. Barfield, C. Fernandez, and R.D. Holt. (2017) Effects of clonal reproduction on evolutionary lag and evolutionary rescue. American Naturalist https://doi.org/10.1086/693006

Barfield, M., M.E. Orive, and R.D. Holt. (2015) The role of pathogen shedding in linking within- and between-host pathogen dynamics. Mathematical Biosciences, 270:249-262. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2015.04.010