Two population models with constrained migrations

DOI10.1016/J.SPA.2014.01.001MaRDI QIDQ401457zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Publication date 27 August 2014

Published in Stochastic Processes and their Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1206.5914

weak convergence Brownian motion branching process migration population model random measure

Applications of Brownian motions and diffusion theory (population genetics, absorption problems, etc.) (60J70) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Applications of branching processes (60J85) Population dynamics (general) (92D25) Brownian motion (60J65) Random measures (60G57) Branching processes (Galton-Watson, birth-and-death, etc.) (60J80)

Abstract: We study two models of population with migration. We assume that we are given infinitely many islands with the same number r of resources, each individual consuming one unit of resources. On an island lives an individual whose genealogy is given by a critical Galton-Watson tree. If all the resources are consumed, any newborn child has to migrate to find new resources. In this sense, the migrations are constrained, not random. We will consider first a model where resources do not regrow, so the r first born individuals remain on their home island, whereas their children migrate. In the second model, we assume that resources regrow, so only r people can live on an island at the same time, the supernumerary ones being forced to migrate. In both cases, we are interested in how the population spreads on the islands, when the number of initial individuals and available resources tend to infinity. This mainly relies on computing asymptotics for critical random walks and functionals of the Brownian motion.

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