On Population Resilience to External Perturbations

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DOI10.1137/060676994zbMATH Open1138.35041DBLPjournals/siamam/RoquesC07arXiv1006.2576OpenAlexW4299807941WikidataQ57880869 ScholiaQ57880869MaRDI QIDQ5451631FDOQ5451631


Authors: Lionel Roques, Mickaël D. Chekroun Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 27 March 2008

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We study a spatially explicit harvesting model in periodic or bounded environments. The model is governed by a parabolic equation with a spatially dependent nonlinearity of Kolmogorov--Petrovsky--Piskunov type, and a negative external forcing term delta. Using sub- and supersolution methods and the characterization of the first eigenvalue of some linear elliptic operators, we obtain existence and nonexistence results as well as results on the number of stationary solutions. We also characterize the asymptotic behavior of the evolution equation as a function of the forcing term amplitude. In particular, we define two critical values delta and delta2 such that, if delta is smaller than delta, the population density converges to a "significant" state, which is everywhere above a certain small threshold, whereas if delta is larger than delta2, the population density converges to a "remnant" state, everywhere below this small threshold. Our results are shown to be useful for studying the relationships between environmental fragmentation and maximum sustainable yield from populations. We present numerical results in the case of stochastic environments.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1006.2576




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