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Personal Information Curriculum Vitae Research Related Research Interests Publication List NSF Highlight of our work Mathematical Biology Seminar Teaching Related MAP 5435 Recent courses Interesting Links Society for Mathematical Biology European Soc. for Math. and Theor. Biol. Register of Ecological Models SORTIE (forest simulator) Contact Information A. Nevai Department of Mathematics (Math) University of Central Florida (UCF) 4393 Andromeda Loop N Orlando, FL 32816-1364

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.