An impulsive modelling framework of fire occurrence in a size-structured model of tree-grass interactions for savanna ecosystems

DOI10.1007/S00285-016-1060-YzbMATH Open1366.34069arXiv1504.06224OpenAlexW1839561460WikidataQ46486440 ScholiaQ46486440MaRDI QIDQ529587FDOQ529587

Authors: V. Yatat, Y. Dumont, P. Couteron, Jean Jules Tewa, Samuel Bowong 

Publication date: 19 May 2017

Published in: Journal of Mathematical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Fires and rainfall are major mechanisms that regulate woody and grassy biomasses in savanna ecosystems. Conditions of long-lasting coexistence of trees and grasses have been mainly studied using continuous-time modelling of tree-grass competition. In these frameworks, fire is a time-continuous forcing while the relationship between woody plant size and fire-sensitivity is not systematically considered. In this paper, we propose a new mathematical framework to model tree-grass interaction that takes into account both the discrete nature of fire occurrence and size-dependent fire sensitivity (via two classes of woody plants). We carry out a qualitative analysis that highlights ecological thresholds and bifurcations parameters that shape the dynamics of the savanna-like systems within the main ecological zones. Moreover, through a qualitative analysis, we show that the impulsive modelling of fire occurrences leads to more diverse behaviors and a more realistic array of solutions than the analogous time-continuous fire models. Numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the theoretical results and to support a discussion about the bifurcation parameters and future developments.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1504.06224

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zbMATH Keywords

asymmetric competitionimpulsive differential equationnonstandard finite difference schemequalitative analysisfiresavanna

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Qualitative investigation and simulation of ordinary differential equation models (34C60) Ecology (92D40) Ordinary differential equations with impulses (34A37) Bifurcation theory for ordinary differential equations (34C23) Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations (34C25)

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