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Two-patch dispersal-linked compensatory-overcompensatory spatially discrete population models.

A-A Yakubu1

  • 1Department of Mathematics, Howard University, Washington, D.C. 20059, USA. ayakubu@howard.edu

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Dispersal type (synchronous vs. asynchronous) significantly impacts population dynamics in two-patch models. Asynchronous dispersal can lead to extinction at high rates, while both types can control population cycles and alter patch dynamics.

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Area of Science:

  • Ecology
  • Mathematical Biology
  • Population Dynamics

Background:

  • Dispersal is a key factor influencing population dynamics in spatially structured environments.
  • Understanding how different dispersal patterns affect population persistence and stability is crucial for ecological modeling.
  • Previous models often simplified dispersal or local dynamics, limiting insights into complex ecological interactions.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of asynchronous and synchronous dispersal on discrete-time, two-patch population models with mixed compensatory and overcompensatory local dynamics.
  • To determine how dispersal rates and symmetry influence population persistence, stability, and the emergence of oscillations.
  • To explore the capacity of dispersal to modify local patch dynamics and the nature of system attractors.

Main Methods:

  • Development and analysis of discrete-time, two-patch population models incorporating both compensatory and overcompensatory local dynamics.
  • Simulation of synchronous and asynchronous dispersal scenarios, including symmetric and asymmetric dispersal rates.
  • Numerical simulations to observe population persistence, extinction events, cyclic oscillations, and attractor properties.

Main Results:

  • Synchronous dispersal in purely compensatory systems simplifies to single-patch dynamics.
  • Asynchronous dispersal can lead to species extinction in one or both patches at high rates, but promotes persistence at low rates.
  • Both synchronous and asynchronous dispersals can suppress population cycles (via period-doubling reversal bifurcations) and shift overcompensatory dynamics to compensatory ones.
  • Purely overcompensatory systems with synchronous dispersal can yield multiple attractors with fractal basin boundaries.
  • Mixed compensatory-overcompensatory systems tend to exhibit single attractors, unlike purely overcompensatory systems.

Conclusions:

  • Dispersal strategy and rates are critical determinants of population persistence and stability in multi-patch systems.
  • Dispersal can act as a regulatory mechanism, controlling population cycles and altering the fundamental nature of local population regulation.
  • The interplay between dispersal patterns and local dynamics dictates the complexity of population dynamics, including the potential for multiple stable states.