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Spatial heterogeneity of resources versus Lotka-Volterra dynamics (English)
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18 March 2003
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This paper considers the Lotka-Volterra dynamical system \(\dot{u}=u(1-u-bv)\), \(\dot{v} = v(1-cu-v)\). To study this, the authors consider the following system of reaction-diffusion equations \[ \mu \Delta \widetilde{u}+\widetilde{u}[1+\gamma \beta(x) - \widetilde{u}] =0,\quad \nu \Delta \widetilde{v}+\widetilde{v}[1+\gamma \beta(x) - \widetilde{v}] =0, \] with zero Neumann boundary conditions. The authors investigate the stability of the equilibria and the existence of coexistence solutions with emphasis on cases where the spatial variation of the environment becomes large. The authors discuss the stability of \((\widetilde{u}, 0)\) and \( ( 0, \widetilde{v})\) respectively. The authors also discuss the implications of their results for the principle of competitive exclusions and for the equation of the evolution of diffusion discussed in [\textit{J. Dockery}, \textit{V. Hutson}, \textit{K. Mischaikow} and \textit{M. Peruarowski}, J. Math. Biol. 37, 61-83 (1998; Zbl 0921.92021)].
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zero Neumann boundary conditions
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stability of equilibria
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coexistence solutions
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competitive exclusion
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