Erich L. Foster, CSRI, Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM
David M. Chan, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Rodney J. Dyer, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Abstract: An agent-based model with a correlated random walk is used to explore pollination within a forest. For abiotic dispersal, say via the wind, we use a purely random walk where there is no correlation between consecutive steps and for biotic dispersal, say via insect, we use a moderate or highly correlated random walk. In particular, we examine the differences in a number of biological measurement between a purely random walk and a correlated random walk in terms of gene dispersal in low and high plant densities.

Keywords: gene flow, agent based modelling, correlated random walk, pollen