Population growth and competition models with decay and competition consistent delay (Q2133934)

Authors derive an alternative expression for a delayed logistic equation in which the rate of change in the population involves a growth rate that depends on the population density during an earlier time period. In their formulation, the delay in the growth term is consistent with the rate of instantaneous decline in the population given by the model. Their formulation is a modification of \textit{J. Arino} et al. [J. Theor. Biol. 241, No. 1, 109--119 (2006; Zbl 1447.92326)] by taking the intraspecific competition between the adults and juveniles into account. Authors provide a complete global analysis showing that no sustained oscillations are possible. A threshold giving the interface between extinction and survival is determined in terms of the parameters in the model. The theory of chain transitive sets and the comparison theorem for cooperative delay differential equations are used to determine the global dynamics of the model. For the competition model, authors provide results on local stability, bifurcation diagrams, and adaptive dynamics. Assuming that the species with shorter delay produces fewer offspring at a time than the species with longer delay, authors show that there is a critical value, \(\tau^*\), such that the evolutionary trend is for the delay to approach \(\tau^*\).