Stochastic persistence and extinction

Stochastic persistence and extinction

Probability Seminar
Dec 4, 2019, 03:10 PM - 04:00 PM | 1011 Evans Hall | Happening As Scheduled
Alex Hening, Tufts University
A key question in population biology is understanding the conditions under which the species of an ecosystem persist or go extinct. Theoretical and empirical studies have shown that persistence can be facilitated or negated by both biotic interactions and environmental fluctuations. We study the dynamics of n interacting species that live in a stochastic environment. Our models are described by n...