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Oberseminar Stochastische Prozesse und ihre Anwendung; SPIELE-Seminar
RM 10, Raum 711 groß
Abstract: Mechanistic biodiversity simulation models, grounded in mathematical and algorithmic representations, integrate paleoenvironmental reconstructions with ecological and evolutionary dynamics across deep time. By formalizing hypotheses as explicit, process-based rules, these models enable virtual experiments to disentangle the intertwined roles of climate change, landscape evolution, biotic interactions, and trait adaptation in shaping life's diversity. Beyond historical hindcasts, they can forecast biodiversity's response to ongoing global change. This talk will show how population-based, spatially explicit eco-evolutionary models translate delicate empirical observations into tractable computational experiments, bridging Goethe's and other German Romanticists' vision of nature as a living whole with modern scientific rigor. Finally, I will highlight how mechanistic simulations can link empirical data and theory to test and generate new hypothesis, and why cross-disciplinary collaboration is vital for understanding biodiversity dynamics. From ancient climates to future ecosystems under constant change.