Heterogeneity in connectivity of habitat networks saves stable coexistence of competing species

Details Heterogeneity in connectivity of habitat networks saves stable coexistence of competing species Heterogeneity in connectivity of habitat networks saves stable coexistence of competing species

2006-03-06

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0603114v4

Physical Review E, 74, 066102 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks

4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevE.74.066102

Coexistence of individuals with different species or phenotypes is often found in nature in spite of competition between them. Stable coexistence of multiple types of individuals have implications for maintenance of ecological biodiversity and emergence of altruism in society, to name a few. Various mechanisms of coexistence including spatial structure of populations, heterogeneous individuals, and heterogeneous environments, have been proposed. In reality, individuals disperse and interact on complex networks. We examine how heterogeneous degree distributions of networks influence coexistence, focusing on models of cyclically competing species. We show analytically and numerically that heterogeneity in degree distributions promotes stable coexistence.

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