Statistical mechanics and stability of a model eco-system

DOI10.1088/1742-5468/2007/09/P09003zbMATH Open1456.82537arXiv0705.1523MaRDI QIDQ5239407FDOQ5239407

Authors: Yoshimi Yoshino, Tobias Galla, Kei Tokita 

Publication date: 22 October 2019

Published in: Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a model ecosystem by means of dynamical techniques from disordered systems theory. The model describes a set of species subject to competitive interactions through a background of resources, which they feed upon. Additionally direct competitive or co-operative interaction between species may occur through a random coupling matrix. We compute the order parameters of the system in a fixed point regime, and identify the onset of instability and compute the phase diagram. We focus on the effects of variability of resources, direct interaction between species, co-operation pressure and dilution on the stability and the diversity of the ecosystem. It is shown that resources can be exploited optimally only in absence of co-operation pressure or direct interaction between species.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0705.1523

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zbMATH Keywords

disordered systems (theory)new applications of statistical mechanicspopulation dynamics (theory)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Problems related to evolution (92D15) Ecology (92D40) Small world graphs, complex networks (graph-theoretic aspects) (05C82) Disordered systems (random Ising models, random Schrödinger operators, etc.) in equilibrium statistical mechanics (82B44)

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