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Space and stochasticity in population dynamics.

Otso Ovaskainen1, Stephen J Cornell

  • 1Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, FI-00014, Helsinki, Finland. otso.ovaskainen@helsinki.fi

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
|August 17, 2006
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Local interactions are key in ecology. This study develops a new method to approximate complex spatial population models, revealing how correlations impact invasions, extinction debt, and species coexistence.

Area of Science:

  • Theoretical Ecology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Population Dynamics

Background:

  • Organism interactions predominantly occur at local scales, making local density more critical than mean population density.
  • Nonlinear stochastic and spatial ecological models are often intractable, necessitating effective approximation methods.
  • Spatial population systems can resemble deterministic, nonspatial systems when dispersal averages dynamics over large scales.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop an exact series expansion for approximating stochastic individual-based models.
  • To derive approximations without relying on heuristic assumptions.
  • To analyze corrections to mean-field models and understand moment closure method performance.

Main Methods:

  • Developed an exact series expansion technique.

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  • Analyzed stochastic individual-based models in the large interaction range limit.
  • Investigated the impact of spatiotemporal correlations on ecological processes.

    • Main Results:

    • Calculated corrections to mean-field models.
    • Demonstrated that spatiotemporal correlations slow invasion spread.
    • Showed prolonged extinction debt time lags due to correlations.
    • Revealed locally oscillating but globally stable host-parasite coexistence.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed series expansion provides a rigorous method for approximating spatial ecological models.
    • Spatiotemporal correlations significantly influence population dynamics, affecting invasion, extinction, and coexistence.
    • The approach offers insights into the limitations of traditional mean-field approximations.