Mathematics – Numerical Analysis
Scientific paper
2001-12-10
Mathematics
Numerical Analysis
Ph.D. Dissertation; 140 pages; 75 EPS figures; Latex2e
Scientific paper
I present three models of plant--pathogen interactions. The models are stochastic and spatially explicit at the scale of individual plants. For each model, I use a version of pair approximation or moment closure along with a separation of timescales argument to determine the effects of spatial clustering on threshold structure. By computing the spatial structure early in an invasion, I find explicit corrections to mean field theory. In the first chapter, I present a lattice model of a disease that is not directly lethal to its host, but affects its ability to compete with neighbors. I use a type of pair approximation to determine conditions for invasions and coexistence. In the second chapter, I study a basic SIR epidemic point process in continuous space. I implement a multiplicative moment closure scheme to compute the threshold transmission rate as a function of spatial parameters. In the final chapter, I model the evolution of pathogen resistance when two plant species share a pathogen. Evolution may lead to non--resistance by a host that finds the disease to be a useful weapon. I use a lattice model with the ordinary pair approximation assumption to study phenotypic evolution via repeated invasions by novel strains.
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