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Theoretical and Computational Ecology

The aim of the TCE Group is to provide conceptual advance in ecological theory using as essential tools mathematical and computational techniques. We are particularly interested in building a bridge between theory and data. The TCE Group is a highly collaborative and multidisciplinary research group that develops specific research lines and provides general theoretical foundations of observational and empirical research in ecology. The group is particularly strong in the analysis of data-rich systems (field or lab) in the context of (1) Community Ecology & Biodiversity, (2) Movement Ecology & Invasion Biology, (3) Epidemics. More generally, we are interested in the application of universal principles of complex adaptive systems to ecology and value mathematical simplifications as a means to develop predictive and conceptual models to bring light to current ecological problems.

Over the last years the research activity of current members of the TCE Group has contributed to the advance of knowledge in the context of the following research lines:(1) Community Ecology & Biodiversity, (2) Movement Ecology & Invasion Biology, (3) Disease Ecology. Across these three disciplines our general objectives are: (1) the analysis of empirical data to evaluate ecological theory, (2) the development of mechanistic and integrative (across scales) modeling approaches, and (3) the study of the role of environmental and inherent biological stochasticity in ecological phenomena, from foraging behavior to biodiversity patterns.

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Theoretical and Computational Ecology at DIGITAL CSIC