Pattern Formation, Spatio-Temporal Chaos and Noise
in Theoretical Population Dynamics.
Horst Malchow
Institute for Environmental Systems Research
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Osnabrück University, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
malchow@uos.de
Frank Mathias Hilker
Institute for Environmental Systems Research
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
Osnabrück University, 49069 Osnabrück, Germany
fhilker@uos.de
The dynamics of spatial and spatiotemporal pattern formation in nonlinear biosystems far from equilibrium is of considerable interest and many mechanisms of structure generation are not known yet. The dynamics of populations is described by various mathematical and computational techniques. The aim of the planned session is to present and discuss recent results and experiences in modelling spatial and spatiotemporal population structures in uniform and heterogeneous environments with applications to aquatic systems like food chains and webs in environmental uniformity, gradients, flows, periodicity or noise.