Robust permanence for interacting structured populations

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Abstract: The dynamics of interacting structured populations can be modeled by fracdxidt=Ai(x)xi where xiinRni, x=(x1,dots,xk), and Ai(x) are matrices with non-negative off-diagonal entries. These models are permanent if there exists a positive global attractor and are robustly permanent if they remain permanent following perturbations of Ai(x). Necessary and sufficient conditions for robust permanence are derived using dominant Lyapunov exponents lambdai(mu) of the Ai(x) with respect to invariant measures mu. The necessary condition requires maxilambdai(mu)>0 for all ergodic measures with support in the boundary of the non-negative cone. The sufficient condition requires that the boundary admits a Morse decomposition such that maxilambdai(mu)>0 for all invariant measures mu supported by a component of the Morse decomposition. When the Morse components are Axiom A, uniquely ergodic, or support all but one population, the necessary and sufficient conditions are equivalent. Applications to spatial ecology, epidemiology, and gene networks are given.



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