Model Comparison for Abiotic versus Biotic Pollen Dispersal

Authored by Erich L Foster, David M Chan, Rodney J Dyer

Date Published: 2016

Sponsors: United States National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Model Documentation: Other Narrative Mathematical description

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Abstract

An agent-based model with a correlated random walk is used to explore pollination within a forest. For abiotic dispersal, say via the wind, we use a purely random walk where there is no correlation between consecutive steps and for biotic dispersal, say via insect, we use a moderate or highly correlated random walk. In particular, we examine the differences in a number of biological measurement between a purely random walk and a correlated random walk in terms of gene dispersal in low and high plant densities.

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Simulation movement Pollination Mediated gene flow Mating-system Plants