Events Detail

Speaker:
Ben Dalziel

The Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior invites you to the talk of Ben Dalziel (Oregon State University) who will deliver a seminar on “Collective Behaviour and Ecosystem Dynamics” at 10:30am on November 15th.

You are welcome to attend the seminar online or in person at our institute location in Bücklestraße 5a (level 4). After the talk, Ben will be meeting with people from the community, so feel free to sign up for a meeting or to have lunch with Ben. (All details below)

Collective Behaviour and Ecosystem Dynamics

Collective behaviour is common in many taxa, and thus occurs across ecosystems, from biofilms to cities. Through cross-scale feedback loops between individuals, populations and their environments, collective behaviour has the potential to shape ecosystem processes, and to be driven by ecosystem states. Yet interplays between collective behavior and ecosystem dynamics are not well understood. I will present theoretical work on emergent social-ecological feedback in consumer-resource systems, which indicates the potential for collective behaviour to play a key role in ecosystem stability. I will then discuss an observational study of seasonal influenza epidemics in US cities, where collective mobility patterns in urban centers may incubate critical chains of viral transmission outside of the peak season, creating systematic differences in climate-driven epidemic patterns in metropolises.

Attend the seminar:
meeting ID: 821 4548 2514, Kenncode: 705638