Fluctuating populations dynamics and spatial synchrony
Fluctuating populations dynamics and spatial synchrony
Project Objectives
I am interested in the measurement of cyclic tendency in noisy time-series, and the quantification of spatial synchrony in sets of fluctuating populations. Key to understanding these dynamics is the characterization of the coupling between different populations by which the synchrony arises. This coupling could be localized between spatially proximate populations, or more global; it could be weak and continuous, or strong and acting only intermittently. I am interested also in the spatial geometry and configuration of habitat and how this affects the synchrony and spatial dynamics of fluctuating populations.
Project Description
This work has been conducted over a period of several years with a loose consortium of collaborators on a variety of data sets. We have examined the spatial dynamics of Canadian lynx, muskrat and mink; voles on the island of Hokkaido, and Grouse on Scottish shooting moors.
References and Manuscripts
Cattadori, I.M., Haydon, D.T., and Hudson, P. J. 2005. Parasites and climate synchronize red grouse populations. Nature, 433, 737-741 .
Shaw, D.J., Haydon, D.T., Cattadori, I. M., Hudson, P.J., and Thirgood, S.J. (pdf version - Shaw 2004). The shape of red grouse cycles. Journal of Animal Ecology 73, 767-776.
Haydon, D. T., Greenwood, P. E., Stenseth, N. C., and Saitoh, T. 2003 Spatio-temporal dynamics of the grey-sided vole in Hokkaido: identifying coupling using state-based Markov-chain modelling Proceedings Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences 270, 1513, 435-445.
Cattadori, I. M., Haydon, D. T., Thirgood, S. J., and Hudson, P. J. 2003 Are indirect measures of abundance a useful index of population density? The case of red grouse harvesting Oikos 100, 3, 439-446.
Haydon, D. T., Shaw, D. J., Cattadori, I. M., Hudson, P. J., and Thirgood, S. J. 2002 Analysing noisy time-series: describing regional variation in the cyclic dynamics of red grouse Proceedings Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences 269, 1500, 1609-1617.
Hudson, P. J., Dobson, A. P., Cattadori, I. M., born, D., Haydon, D. T., Shaw, D. J., Benton, T. G., and Grenfell, B. T. 2002 Trophic interactions and population growth rates: describing patterns and identifying mechanisms Philosophical Transactions Of The Royal Society Of London Series B-Biological Sciences 357, 1425, 1259-1271.
Haydon, D. T., Stenseth, N. C., Boyce, M. S., and Greenwood, P. E. 2001 Phase coupling and synchrony in the spatiotemporal dynamics of muskrat and mink populations across Canada Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 98, 23, 13149-13154.
Haydon, D. T. and Greenwood P. 2000 Spatial coupling in cyclic population dynamics: Models and data Theoretical Population Biology 58, 3, 239-254.