Personal Information
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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Related
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Research Interests
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Publication List
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NSF Highlight of our work
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Mathematical Biology Seminar
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Teaching Related
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MAP 5435
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Recent courses
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Society for Mathematical Biology
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European Soc. for Math. and Theor. Biol.
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Register of Ecological Models
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SORTIE (forest simulator)
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Contact Information
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A. Nevai
Department of Mathematics (Math)
University of Central Florida (UCF)
4393 Andromeda Loop N
Orlando, FL 32816-1364
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Research Summary
I use mathematical approaches to address problems that arise in
biology. Recently, my work has centered on three main areas of
theoretical ecology: species
interactions (plant competition for sunlight, interactions at
multiple spatial scales, predator-prey switching, structured
resources, and resource theft),
the spatial spread of infectious
diseases (rabies and dengue),
and the evolution of optimal choice
(state-based decision-making in foraging gray jays, the honeybee
nest-site selection process, and animal-mediated seed dispersal).
I am also interested in species persistence and permanence within
ecological communities; the dynamics of spatially (or otherwise)
structured populations; classical and social foraging theory; the
behavior and physiology of animals and plants; and formulating
ecological models that make use of mechanistic reasoning and
principles.
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