Dr. P. (Patsy) Haccou - Staff - CML

Dr. P. (Patsy) Haccou

Position:

Associate professor

Expertise:

Mathematical modeling
Evolutionary dynamics
Stochastic population dynamics
Modeling invasions
Game theory

Telephone number:	+31 (0)71 527 7476
E-Mail:	haccou@cml.leidenuniv.nl
Faculty / Department:	Centrum voor Milieuwetenschappen Leiden, CML/Conservation Biology
Office Address:	Van Steenis gebouw Einsteinweg 2 2333 CC Leiden Room number A320
Personal Homepage:	cml.leiden.edu/organisation/staff/haccou.html

Professional Experience

Patsy Haccou obtained her MSc in mathematical biology in 1983, and her PhD in 1987, at Leiden University. The subject of her PhD research was Continuous time Markov chain modeling of behaviour. In 1987/88 she worked at Cambridge University (UK) and Oxford University (UK) on postdoctoral research fellowships from the Royal Society and the British Council, modeling starling foraging behaviour.

From 1988 to 1994 she obtained a research fellowship from the Royal Dutch Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), to work on developing a quantitative basis for optimality modeling in behavioural ecology, This research was carried out at Leiden university, Kyushu university (Fukuoka, Japan), Simon Fraser university (Vancouver, Canada), and Stanford university (Palo Alto, USA).

From 1994 onwards she got a tenured position at Leiden university, and she was appointed associate professor in mathematical biology in 1999. From 1999 until 2009 she was section leader of Theoretical Biology at the Institute of Biology.

She joined the Institute of Environmental Sciences in july 2009. Her current research focuses on the dynamics of evolutionary and ecological processes, specifically on stochastic aspects of the interplay between genes, phenotypes and environment.

Publications

An overview of her publications (PDF) is available

2010

Ghosh, A. & Haccou, P. (2010)
Quantifying stochastic introgression processes with hazard rates. Theoretical Population Biology, 77, pp. 171-180.
(Article)

2009

Martini, X & Haccou, P. & Olivieri, I. & Hemptinne, J. (2009)
Evolution of cannibalism and female's response to oviposition-deterring pheromone in aphidophagous predators. Journal of Animal Ecology, 78, pp. 964-972.
(Article)

2008

Haccou, P. (2008)
Mathematical Models of Biology. , ENCYCLOPEDIA OF LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS, pp. 6-03-7-00. Oxford: UNESCO Publishing-Eolss Publishers.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Haccou, P. (2008)
Review of Sarah P. Otto, Troy Day. , A Biologist’s Guide to Mathematical Modeling in Ecology and Evolution (Mathematical Biosciences), 216. , pp. 122. Princeton University Press.
(Part of book or chapter of book)

2007

Haccou, P. & Alphen, J.J.M., van (2007)
Competition and Asymmetric Wars of Attrition in Insect Parasitoids. In: Wajnberg, E, Bernstein, C and van Alphen, J.J.M., (Ed.), Behavioral Ecology of Insect Parasitoids. From theoretical approaches to field applicationsBlackwell Publishing.
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Haccou, P. & Alphen, J.J.M., van (2007)
Competitive modes and asymmetric wars of attrition in insect parasitoids. In: E. Wajnberg, C. Bernstein, J.J.M. van Alphen, (Ed.), Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From Theoretical Approaches to Field ApplicationsBlackwell Publishing Ltd..
(Part of book or chapter of book)
Serra, M.C. & Haccou, P. (2007)
Dynamics of escape mutants. Theoretical Population Biology, 72, pp. 167-178.
(Article)
Demon, I. & Haccou, P. & Bosch, F., van den (2007)
Introgression of resistance genes between populations a model study of insecticide resistance in Bemisia tabaci. Theoretical Population Biology, 72, pp. 292-304.
(Article)
Yokomizo, H. & Haccou, P. & Iwasa, Y. (2007)
Optimal conservation strategy in fluctuating environments with species interactions: resource-enhancement of the native species versus extermination of the alien species. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 244, pp. 46-58.
(Article)
Wajnberg, E> & Haccou, P. (2007)
Statistical tools for a sound behavioural ecology of insect parasitoids. In: E. Wajnberg, C. Bernstein, J.J.M. van Alphen, (Ed.), Behavioural Ecology of Insect Parasitoids: From Theoretical Approaches to Field ApplicationsBlackwell Publishing Ltd..
(Part of book or chapter of book)

2005

Haccou, P. & Jagers, P. & Vatutin, V.A. (2005)
Branching Processes - Variation, Growth, and Extinction of Populations. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(Book (monograph))
Beltman, J.B. & Haccou, P. (2005)
Speciation through the learning of habitat features. Theoretical Population Biology, 67, pp. 189-202.
(Article)

2004

Beltman, J.B. & Haccou, P. & Cate, C.J., ten (2004)
Learning and the colonization of new niches: a first step towards speciation. Evolution, 58, pp. 35-46.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Schneider, M.V. (2004)
Modes of Reproduction and the Accumulation of Deleterious Mutations With Multiplicative Fitness Effects. Genetics, 166, pp. 1093-1104.
(Article)
Yokomizo, H. & Haccou, P. & Iwasa, Y. (2004)
Multiple-year optimization of conservation effort and monitoring effort for a fluctuating population. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 230, pp. 157-171.
(Article)
Pike, N. & Tully, T. & Haccou, P. & Ferrière, R. (2004)
The effect of autocorrelation in environmental variability on the establishment and persistence of populations: an experimental test. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B : Biological Sciences, 271, pp. 2143-2148.
(Article)

2003

Yokomizo, H. & Haccou, P. & Iwasa, Y. (2003)
Conservation Effort and Assessment of Population Size in Fluctuating Environments. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 224, pp. 167-182.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Vatutin, V.A. (2003)
Establishment success and extinction risk in autocorrelated environments. Theoretical Population Biology, 64, pp. 303-314.
(Article)
Shudo, E. & Haccou, P. & Iwasa, Y. (2003)
Optimal choice between feedforward and feedback control in gene expression to cope with unpredictable danger. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 223, pp. 149-160.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Glaizot, O & Cannings, C. (2003)
Patch leaving strategies and superparasitism: an asymmetric generalized war of attrition. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 225, pp. 77-89.
(Article)
Beltman, J.B. & Haccou, P. & Cate, C.J., ten (2003)
The impact of learning foster species' song on the evolution of specialist avian brood parasitism. Behavioral Ecology, 14, pp. 917-923.
(Article)

2002

Haccou, P. & Glaizot, O (2002)
The ESS in an Asymmetric Generalized War of Attrition with Mistakes in Role Perception. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 214, pp. 329-349.
(Article)

1999

Haccou, P. & Sjerps, M. & Meijden, E., van der (1999)
To leave or to stay, that is the question: predictions from models of patch-leaving strategies. In: Olff, H. & Brown, V.K. (Eds.), Proceedings of the 38th Symposium of the British Ecological Society: Herbivores: between Plants and Predators., pp. 85-108. Oxford: Blackwell Science.
(Part of book or chapter of book)

1998

Haccou, P. & McNamara, J.M. (1998)
Effects of parental survival on clutch size decisions in fluctuating environments. Journal of Evolutionary Biology, 12, pp. 459-475.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Iwasa, K. (1998)
Robustness of optimal mixed strategies. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 36, pp. 485-496.
(Article)

1996

Haccou, P. & Iwasa, Y. (1996)
Establishment probability in fluctuating environments: a branching process model. Theoretical Population Biology, 50, pp. 254-280.
(Article)

1995

Bressers, W.M.A. & Kruk, M.R. & Erp, A.M.M., van & Willekens-Bramer, D.C. & Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1995)
A time-structured analysis of hypothalamically induced increases in self-grooming and activity in the rat. Behavioural Neurosciences, 109, pp. 1158-1171.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Iwasa, Y. (1995)
Optimal mixed strategies in stochastic environments. Theoretical Population Biology, 47, pp. 212-243.
(Article)
Bressers, W.M.A. & Kruk, M.R. & Erp, A.M.M., van & Willekens-Bramer, D.C. & Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1995)
Time structure of self-grooming in the rat: self-facilitation and effects of hypothalamic stimulation and neuropeptides. Behavioural Neurosciences, 109, pp. 995-964.
(Article)

1994

Sjerps, M. & Haccou, P. (1994)
A war of attrition between larvae on the same host plant: stay and starve or leave and be eaten? Evolutionary Ecology, 8, pp. 269-287.
(Article)
Iwasa, Y. & Haccou, P. (1994)
ESS emergence pattern of male butterflies in stochastic environments. Evolutionary Ecology, 8, pp. 503-523.
(Article)
Sjerps, M. & Haccou, P. (1994)
Effects of competition on optimal patch leaving: a war of attrition. Theoretical Population Biology, 46, pp. 300-318.
(Article)
Metz, J.A.J. & Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1994)
On the Shapiro-Wilk test and Darling's test for exponentiality. Biometrics, 50, pp. 527-530.
(Article)
Cuthill, I. & Haccou, P. & Kacelnik, A. (1994)
Starlings (Sturnus vugaris) exploiting patches: response to long-term changes in travel time. Behavioral Ecology, 5, pp. 81-90.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1994)
Statistical Analysis of Behavioural Data: An Approach Based on Time-Structured Models (Paperback edition). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
(Book (monograph))

1993

Sjerps, M. & Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. & Meijden, E., van der (1993)
Egg distribution within patches: an optimality problem for insects. Theoretical Population Biology, 43, pp. 337-366.
(Article)
Sjerps, M. & Haccou, P. (1993)
Information determines the optimal clutch sizes of competing insects: Stackelberg versus Nash equilibrium. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 163, pp. 473-483.
(Article)
Hemerik, L. & Driessen, G. & Haccou, P. (1993)
The effects of intra-patch experiences on patch leaving tendency, search time and search efficiency of parasitoids of the species Leptopilina clavipes. Journal of Animal Ecology, 62, pp. 33-44.
(Article)

1992

Heitmans, R.B. & Haccou, P. & Alphen, J.J.M., van (1992)
Egg supply, clutch size and survival probability in Aprostocetus hagenowii (Ratz) (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) a gregarious parasitoid of cockroach ootheca. Experimental and Applied Entomology, Proceedings of the Netherlands Entomological Society, 3, pp. 62-69.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Steen, W.J., van der (1992)
Methodological problems in evolutionary biology IX: The testability of optimal foraging theory. Acta Biotheoretica, 40, pp. 285-295.
(Article)

1991

Haccou, P. & Vlas, S.J. & Alphen, J.J.M., van & Visser, M.E. (1991)
Information processing by foragers: effects of intra-patch experience on the leaving tendency of Leptopilina Heterotoma. Journal of Animal Ecology, 60, pp. 93-106.
(Article)
Meelis, E. & Bressers, W.M.A. & Haccou, P. (1991)
Non-parametric testing for the number of change points in a sequence of independent random variables. Journal of statistical computaion and simulation, 39, pp. 129-137.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Alphen, J.J.M., van & Heitmans, W. (1991)
Optimal clutch size of parasitoids in stochastically fluctuating environments. Experimental and Applied Entomology, Proceedings of the Netherlands Entomological Society, 2, pp. 185-189.
(Article)
Bressers, W.M.A. & Meelis, E. & Haccou, P. & Kruk, M.R. (1991)
When did it really start or stop: the impact of censored observations on ethological analysis of durations. Behavioural processes. Behavioural Processes, 23, pp. 1-20.
(Article)

1990

Cuthill, J.C. & Kacelnik, A. & Krebs, B. & Haccou, P. (1990)
Starlings exploiting patches: the effect of recent experience on foraging decisions. Animal Behaviour, 40, pp. 625-640.
(Article)

1988

Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. & Langeler, E.G. & Dienske, H. (1988)
Detection of low dose effects of psychopharma: application of a semi-Markov model to rhesus monkey behaviour. Behavioural Processes, 17, pp. 145-166.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Kruk, M.R. & Meelis, E. & Bavel, E.T., van (1988)
Markov models for social interactions: analysis of electrical stimulation in the hypothalamic aggression area of rats. Animal Behaviour, 36, pp. 1145-1163.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1988)
Testing for the number of change points in a sequence of exponential random variables. Journal of Statistical Computation and Simulation, 30, pp. 285-298.
(Article)
Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. & Geer, S.A., van de (1988)
The likelihood ration test for the change point problem for exponentially distributed random variables. Stochastic Processes and their Applications, 27, pp. 121-139.
(Article)

1986

Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1986)
On the analysis of time-inhomogeneity in Markov chains: a refined test for abrupt behavioural changes. Animal Behaviour, 34, pp. 302-303.
(Article)

1985

Haccou, P. & Hemerik, L. (1985)
The influence of larval dispersal in the cinnabar moth (Tyria jacobaeae) on predation by the red wood ant (Formica polyctena): an analysis based on the proportional hazards model. Journal of Animal Ecology, 54, pp. 755-769.
(Article)

1983

Haccou, P. & Meelis, E. (1983)
Analysis of time-inhomogeneity in Markov chains applied to motherinfant interactions of rhesus monkeys. Animal Behaviour, 31, pp. 927-945.
(Article)

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