Abstract
Spatial structures are ubiquitous in populations of plants, animals and cells, typically occurring as clustering or segregation. These spatial structures influence how individuals interact and the overall population dynamics. Yet, these details are rarely accounted for in classical population dynamics models. Through Individual-based and continuum models, I show that spatial structures can dramatically alter population dynamics. The thesis specifically explores the role of spatial structure in biologically and ecologically relevant scenarios, such as the movement of cells in the presence of biological obstacles, directional movement of animals in response to interaction with others (chase-escape dynamics), predator-prey dynamics, and Allee kinetics.
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