Andreas Gros, PhD

Research interests

I have a special interest in spatial evolutionary processes, socio-economic problems, and everything that involves very large amounts of data. I am a postdoctoral researcher at NECSI and my background is in systems science and theoretical ecology.

Publications

These are my publications. For getting more information and fulltext access, please visit the links provided below.

Working papers

Stacey, B.C., Gros, A., Bar-Yam, Y.. Beyond the Mean Field in Host-Pathogen Spatial Ecology. [fulltext arXiv:1110.3845v1]

Rutherford, A., Harmon, D., Werfel, J., Bar-Yam, S., Gard-Murray, A., Gros, A., Bar-Yam, Y.. Good fences: the importance of setting boundaries for peaceful coexistence. [fulltext arXiv:1110.1409] [Wired article about it] [in Discover Magazine] [in PhysOrg]

In press

Widener, M.J., Bar-Yam, Y., Gros, A., Metcalf, S., Bar-Yam Y.. Modeling Policy and Agricultural Decisions in Afghanistan. Geo Journal (in press) [fulltext arXiv:1111.5351]

Published

Poethke, H.J., Gros, A., Hovestadt, T. (2011) The ability of individuals to assess population density influences the evolution of emigration propensity and dispersal distance. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 282 (1), 93-99. [publisher's version]

Gros, A., Poethke, H.J., Hovestadt, T. (2009) Sex-specific spatio-temporal variability in reproductive success promotes the evolution of sex-biased dispersal. Theoretical Population Biology, 76, 13-18. [fulltext]

Gros, A., Hovestadt, T., & Poethke, H. J. (2008). Evolution of sex-biased dispersal: the role of sex-specific dispersal costs, demographic stochasticity, and inbreeding. Ecological Modelling, 219, 226-233. [fulltext]

Gros, A., Poethke, H. J., & Hovestadt, T. (2006). Evolution of local adaptations in dispersal strategies. Oikos, 114(3), 544-552. [fulltext]