dc.contributor |
Ramasco Sukia, José Javier |
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dc.contributor.author |
Payrató Borràs, Clàudia
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dc.date |
2016 |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2018-05-25T11:09:11Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018-05-25 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/11201/146231 |
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dc.description.abstract |
[eng] Mutualistic interactions conform the skeleton of many systems widespread in nature, with abundant
examples ranging from the economical context to the biological world. Still, the paradigmatic case
of study -and ours- is ecological networks. The singular composition of their interactions is known
to exhibit unique resilient features, playing a critical role to the preservation of earth’s biodiversity
and ecosystem’s robustness. However, the extent to which the so-called mutualistic networks might
be affected by global change has still not been well-established. Accordingly, in this Master Thesis
we attempt to measure the robustness of a plant-pollinator community to shifts in their life cycles
(phenologies). By borrowing tools from population dynamics and statistical mechanics, we characterise
a phase transition triggered by phenological noise in a non-spatially extended model. Our results
suggest the existence of a second order non-equilibrium phase transition. Moreover, simulations on an
empirically-based network successfully reproduce some previously known ecological traits. All in all,
many critical features attributed to second-order transitions such as scaling or universality remained
to be asserted, thus demanding for further investigations. |
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dc.format |
application/pdf |
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dc.language.iso |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
Universitat de les Illes Balears |
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dc.rights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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dc.rights |
all rights reserved |
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dc.subject |
53 - Física |
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dc.title |
Robustness of Plant-Pollinator Mutualistic Networks to Phenological Mismatches |
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dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
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dc.type |
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion |
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dc.date.updated |
2018-05-17T10:36:17Z |
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dc.date.embargoEndDate |
info:eu-repo/date/embargoEnd/2050-01-01 |
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dc.embargo |
2050-01-01 |
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dc.rights.accessRights |
info:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccess |
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