Theory of the Spread of Epidemics and Movement Ecology of Animals Kenkre

Description: Theory of the Spread of Epidemics and Movement Ecology of Animals An Interdisciplinary Approach using Methodologies of Physics and Mathematics Powerful analytical tools from statistical physics, guided by field observations are applied to spread of epidemics and movement ecology. V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre (Author), Luca Giuggioli (Author) 9781108841405, Cambridge University Press Hardback, published 28 January 2021 400 pages 25 x 17.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.73 kg 'These authors have successfully written for adventurous interdisciplinary investigators who seek to understand how physics and biology can be combined to understand and develop effective strategies for disease containment. It would be difficult to find a more appropriate book for understanding and addressing the current pandemic … Highly recommended.' M. Schaab, Choice Exploiting powerful techniques from physics and mathematics, this book studies animal movement in ecology, with a focus on epidemic spread. Pulmonary syndrome is not only feared in epidemics of recent times, such as COVID-19, but is also characteristic of epidemics studied earlier such as Hantavirus. The Hantavirus is one of the book's central topics. Correlations between epidemic outbreaks and precipitation events like El Niño are analyzed and spatial reservoirs of infection in off-period of the epidemic, known as refugia, are studied. Predicted traveling waves of infection are successfully compared to field observations. Territoriality in scent-marking animals is presented, with parallels drawn with the theory of melting. The flocking and herding of birds and mammals are described in terms of collective excitations. For scientists interested in movement ecology and epidemic spread, this book provides effective solutions to long-standing problems. 1. Theoretical Framework Underlying the Book 2. ?-space Approach to the Study of Epidemics: Fisher Equation with Internal States 3. Abrupt Spatial Transitions: Patchiness and Extinction of Infection and Population 4. Results from Fisher Variants: Patterns from Long-range Competition and Allee Effect in the Spread of Infection 5. Extraction of Parameters from Observations, Emergence of Home Ranges, and Applicability of the Fisher Equation for Bacteria 6. Explicit Incorporation of Home Ranges in the Theory of the Spread of Epidemics 7. Avoidance Interactions and the Emergence of Spatial Segregation 8. Attractive Interactions and Flocking 9. Related Investigations along Miscellaneous Directions 10. Summary and Future Directions Appendix A: A Technical Appendix Appendix B: A Historical Appendix. Subject Areas: Applied ecology [RNC], Animal ecology [PSVS], Virology [non-medical PSGL], Statistical physics [PHS], Probability & statistics [PBT]

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BIC Subject Area 1: Applied ecology [RNC]

BIC Subject Area 2: Animal ecology [PSVS]

BIC Subject Area 3: Virology [non-medical] [PSGL]

BIC Subject Area 4: Statistical physics [PHS]

BIC Subject Area 5: Probability & statistics [PBT]

Number of Pages: 400 Pages

Publication Name: Theory of the Spread of Epidemics and Movement Ecology of Animals: An Interdisciplinary Approach using Methodologies of Physics and Mathematics

Language: English

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Item Height: 244 mm

Subject: Geography & Geosciences, Zoology, Biology, Mathematics, Physics

Publication Year: 2021

Type: Textbook

Item Weight: 726 g

Author: Luca Giuggioli, V. M. (Nitant) Kenkre

Item Width: 170 mm

Format: Hardcover