AMUSE

Date: March 21, 2024

Time: 6:00PM - 7:00PM

Location: BLOC 306

Speaker: Dr. Alexandru Hening, Texas A&M University, Mathematics

Title: Can environmental fluctuations save species from extinction?

Abstract: In order to have a realistic mathematical model for the dynamics of interacting species in an ecosystem it is important to include the effects of random environmental fluctuations. Many have thought that environmental fluctuations are detrimental to the coexistence of species. However, this is not always the case. I will present to you some interesting examples where environmental fluctuations lead to highly counterintuitive results.