New advances in ecological modelling
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Ecosystems are highly intricate networks of interrelationships between organisms and their environment. With the help of increasingly sophisticated computers and statistical approaches, mathematical models can be developed that allow scientists to more readily conceptualise, quantify and predict a variety of complex ecological processes. Models can be used to explore purely analytical theories, or to simulate highly dynamic real scenarios. This Collection will focus on the latest methodological advances in the field of ecological modelling and their contribution to our understanding of how ecosystems behave in an ever changing world.
Editors
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Mara Baudena
National Research Council of Italy, Italy
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Colin Campbell
University of Mount Union, USA
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Takashi Shimada
University of Tokyo, Japan
Mara Baudena is a Research Fellow at the National Research Council of Italy, in the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate (CNR-ISAC). With her research she aims to predict how different terrestrial ecosystems actively respond to global environmental change. She studies the complex ecosystem dynamics emerging from plant-plant and plant-environment interactions, including wildfires and vegetation-climate feedbacks, most commonly with the help of simplified mechanistic models. Dr Baudena has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2017.
Colin Campbell is an Associate Professor at the University of Mount Union, where he teaches computational science, data science, and physics. His research leverages computational techniques to model complex systems in myriad biological contexts, including for instance Boolean models of plant-pollinator communities. Dr Campbell has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2016.
Takashi Shimada is an Associate Professor at Department of Systems Innovation and Mathematics and Informatics Centre, The University of Tokyo. His research interest includes statistical-physics approach to the complexity-stability relation in ecosystems and ecosystem-like systems, collective phenomena in nonequilibrium systems, and econo- and socio- physics. Dr Shimada has been an Editorial Board Member for Scientific Reports since 2015.
