Research Publications (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
Items in this Collection
- 55Mark A. Lewis
- 48Lewis, Mark A.
- 31Kouritzin, Michael
- 7Jonathan R. Potts
- 6Krkošek, Martin
- 6Stephanie J. Peacock
- 149Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Department of
- 149Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Department of/Research Publications (Mathematical and Statistical Sciences)
- 109Biological Sciences, Department of
- 109Biological Sciences, Department of/Journal Articles (Biological Sciences)
- 12The NSERC TRIA Network (TRIA-Net)
- 12The NSERC TRIA Network (TRIA-Net)/Journal Articles (TRIA-Net)
-
2016-01-01
Maya L. Groner, Luke A. Rogers, Andrew W. Bateman, Brendan M. Connors, L. Neil Frazer, Sean C. Godwin, Martin Krkosˇek, Mark A. Lewis, Stephanie J. Peacock, Erin E. Rees, Crawford W. Revie, Ulrike E. Schla¨gel
Effective disease management can benefit from mathematical models that identify drivers of epidemiological change and guide decision-making. This is well illustrated in the host–parasite system of sea lice and salmon, which has been modelled extensively due to the economic costs associated...
-
2017-10-29
Stephanie J. Peacock, Juliette Bouhours, Mark A. Lewis, P´eter K. Moln´ar
Spatial variability in host density is a key factor affecting disease dynamics of wildlife, and yet there are few spatially explicit models of host-macroparasite dynamics. This limits our understanding of parasitism in migratory hosts, whose densities change considerably in both space and time....
-
2019-02-01
Mélodie Kunegel-Lion, Rory L. McIntosh, Mark A. Lewis
Insect epidemics such as the mountain pine beetle (MPB) outbreak have a major impact on forest dynamics. In Cypress Hills, Canada, the Forest Service Branch of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Environment aims to control as many new infested trees as possible by conducting ground-based surveys around...
-
2004
Kouritzin, Michael, Long, H., Sun, W.
Herein, we consider direct Markov chain approximations to the Duncan–Mortensen–Zakai equations for nonlinear filtering problems on regular, bounded domains. For clarity of presentation, we restrict our attention to reflecting diffusion signals with symmetrizable generators. Our Markov chains are...
-
2016-03-14
Frédéric M. Hamelin, François Castella, Valentin Doli, Benoît Marçais, Virginie Ravigné, Mark A. Lewis
Sexual reproduction and dispersal are often coupled in organisms mixing sexual and asexual reproduction, such as fungi. The aim of this study is to evaluate the impact of mate limitation on the spreading speed of fungal plant parasites. Starting from a simple model with two coupled partial...
-
2019-01-01
Jody R. Reimer, Marc Mangel, Andrew E. Derocher, Mark A. Lewis
Organisms are constantly making tradeoffs. These tradeoffs may be behavioural (e.g., whether to focus on foraging or predator avoidance) or physiological (e.g., whether to allocate energy to reproduction or growth). Similarly, wildlife and fisheries managers must make tradeoffs while striving for...
-
Migratory host vectors can maintain the high-dose refuge effect in a structured host-parasite system: the case of sea lice and salmon Evolutionary Applications
Download2020-04-15
Andrew W. Bateman, Stephanie J. Peacock, Martin Krkošek, Mark A. Lewis
Migration can reduce parasite burdens in migratory hosts, but it connects populations and can drive disease dynamics in domestic species. Farmed salmon are infested by sea louse parasites, often carried by migratory wild salmonids, resulting in a costly problem for industry and risk to wild...
-
Minimizing invasion risk by reducing propagule pressure: a model for ballast-water exchange
Download2005-01-01
Lewis, Mark A., Wonham, Marjorie J., MacIsaac, Hugh J.
Biological invasions are a major and increasing agent of global biodiversity change. Theory and practice indicate that invasion risk can be diminished by reducing propagule pressure, or the quantity, quality, and frequency of introduced individuals. For aquatic invasions, the primary global...
-
Modeling group formation and activity patterns in self-organizing collectives of individuals
Download2007-01-01
Eftimie, R., Lewis, Mark A., Lutscher, F., de Vries, G.
We construct and analyze a nonlocal continuum model for group formation with application to self-organizing collectives of animals in homogeneous environments. The model consists of a hyperbolic system of conservation laws, describing individual movement as a correlated random walk. The turning...