Biology – Quantitative Biology – Populations and Evolution
Scientific paper
2008-01-29
Phys. Rev. E 77 (2008) 041919
Biology
Quantitative Biology
Populations and Evolution
6 pages, 8 figures
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevE.77.041919
Formation and competition of associations are studied in a six-species ecological model where each species has two predators and two prey. Each site of a square lattice is occupied by an individual belonging to one of the six species. The evolution of the spatial distribution of species is governed by iterated invasions between the neighboring predator-prey pairs with species specific rates and by site exchange between the neutral pairs with a probability $X$. This dynamical rule yields the formation of five associations composed of two or three species with proper spatiotemporal patterns. For large $X$ a cyclic dominance can occur between the three two-species associations whereas one of the two three-species associations prevails in the whole system for low values of $X$ in the final state. Within an intermediate range of $X$ all the five associations coexist due to the fact that cyclic invasions between the two-species associations reduce their resistance temporarily against the invasion of three-species associations.
Borsos Istvan
Szabo Gyorgy
Szolnoki Attila
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