Effect of prey growth and predator cannibalism rate on the stability of a structured population model

The dynamics of a structured population model including cannibalism is analyzed. Hopf bifurcation threshold for the cannibalistic attack rate is detected. Linear and nonlinear stability analysis through the Lyapunov Direct Method is also provided. The effects of relevant parameters on the stability are discussed. In particular, cannibalism is found to have a stabilizing effect, whereas the prey growth effect is opposite. The result is emphasized by numerical simulations.     

Colony and evolutionary dynamics of a two‐stage model with brood cannibalism and division of labor in social insects

Division of labor (DOL) is a major factor for the great success of social insects because it increases the efficiency of a social group where different individuals perform different tasks repeatedly and presumably with increased performance. Cannibalism plays an important role in regulating colony growth and development by regulating the number of individuals in a colony and increasing survival by providing access to essential nutrients and minimizing competition among colony mates. To understand the synergy effects of DOL and cannibalistic behavior on colony dynamic outcomes, we propose and study a compartmental two‐stage model using ecological and evolutionary game theory settings. Our analytical results of the ecological and evolutionary models suggest that: (1) A noncannibalistic colony can survive if the efficiency of energy investment reflecting the DOL is greater than the relative death rate of the older population. (2) A cannibalistic colony can die out if both the efficiency of energy investment and the relative cannibalism rate (where each is also reflecting the DOL) are too large; or if the relative cannibalism rate alone is too small. (3) From our numerical analysis, cannibalism can increase or reduce the colony's total population size, which greatly depends on the benefit of egg cannibalism increasing or decreasing of adult's lifespan. (4) A cannibalistic and noncannibalistic colony can experience bistability due to cooperative behavior. (5) In the evolutionary settings, DOL can prevent colony death and natural selection can preserve strong Allee effects by selecting the traits with the largest investment on brood care and the lowest cannibalism rate. (6) Evolutionary dynamics may increase the fitness of the colony, i.e., the successful production of workforce which results in the increase of total worker population size, colony survival, and reproduction. Our results suggest both cannibalism and DOLs are adaptive strategies that increase the size of the worker population, and therefore, persistence of the colony.     

Cannibalism may control disease in predator population: result drawn from a model based study

In the present study, we propose and analyze a predator–prey system with disease in the predator population. To understand the role of cannibalism, we modify the model considering predator population is of cannibalistic type. Local and global stability around the biologically feasible equilibria are studied. The conditions for the persistence of the system are worked out. We also analyze and compare the community structure of the model systems with the help of ecological and disease basic reproduction numbers. Finally, through numerical simulation, we observe that inclusion of cannibalism in predator population may control the disease transmission in the susceptible predator population. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A cannibalistic eco-epidemiological model with disease in predator population

In this present article, we propose and analyze a cannibalistic predator–prey model with disease in the predator population. We consider two important factors for the dynamics of predator population. The first one is governed through cannibalistic interaction, and the second one is governed through the disease in the predator population via cannibalism. The local stability analysis of the model system around the biologically feasible equilibria are investigated. We perform global dynamics of the model using Lyapunov functions. We analyze and compare the community structure of the system in terms of ecological and disease basic reproduction numbers. The existence of Hopf bifurcation around the interior steady state is investigated. We also derive the sufficient conditions for the permanence and impermanence of the system. The study reveals that the cannibalism acts as a self-regulatory mechanism and controls the disease transmission among the predators by stabilizing the predator–prey oscillations.     

Impact of cannibalism on dynamics of a structured predator–prey system

Cannibalism, as a behavioral trait, is prevalent in many species. To have better understanding of their dynamics, we investigate a structured predator-prey system with predator cannibalism, where the prey population follows the logistic growth in the absence of the predator. We study the effects of the cannibalism attack rate and the corresponding benefit rate of cannibals on the model dynamics. Complex phenomena, including the bistability, the existences of two positive equilibria and stable/unstable periodic solutions, are found. We define quantities with clear biological meanings, and establish conditions determining the local and global dynamics of the model based on these quantities. Our results show that, under certain conditions, the final states of the populations depend on not only the related model parameters but also the initial conditions of the solutions.     

Rich dynamic of a stage-structured prey–predator model with cannibalism and periodic attacking rate

The dynamic behavior of a stage-structure prey–predator model with cannibalism for prey and periodic attacking rate for predator is investigated. Firstly, the permanence, locally and globally asymptotic stability analyses of the model with constant attacking rate are explored. After that, sufficient conditions for the permanence of the corresponding nonautonomous system with periodic attacking rate are obtained. Furthermore, numerical simulations are presented to illustrate the effects of periodic attacking rate. Simulation results show that the system with periodic attacking rate shows a rich behaviors, including period-doubling and period-having bifurcations, chaos and windows of periodicity.     

具有阶段结构的竞争系统中自食的稳定性作用

该文讨论了两种群竞争系统解的动力学行为，其中一种群分幼年，成年两阶段，当不考虑自食时，得到了阶段结构的竞争系统也可以出现三种典型的动力学行为，共存（coexietence)，双稳定（bistability),占优（dominance)，进一步，在没有自食时竞争系统是占优的情形下，考虑自食的影响，得到了所有种群永久持续生存的充分条件，这表明自食有稳定性的作用。     

Dynamics Analysis of Cannibalistic Model With Density Dependence in Mature Stage北大核心CSCD

在考虑成熟阶段具有密度制约的基础上,建立了一类具有卵-成熟阶段的同类相食模型.该文从两个方面讨论了模型的动力学性态：当种群不存在同类相食时,构造Lyapunov函数证明平衡点的全局渐近稳定性;当种群存在同类相食时,利用中心流形定理证明同类相食使模型产生鞍结点分支,通过构造Dulac函数说明在二维自治系统中不存在极限环,得到了平衡点的全局稳定性.最后,利用数值模拟验证了所得相应结果的正确性.     

具有三个年龄阶段的自食单种群时滞模型的周期解

利用重合度理论中的延拓定理讨论了一个具有三个成长阶段的自食单种群时滞模型正周期解的存在性,得到了保证周期解存在的充分条件.     

一个具有阶段结构的竞争系统中自食的周期性作用

利用重合度理论中的延拓定理，讨论了一个具有阶段结构的竞争系统，当发生自食现象时，给出了保证周期解存在的充分条件．     

A note on synchronous egg laying in a seabird behaviour model

ABSTRACT

During years when sea surface temperature (SST) is high, gulls in a colony on Protection Island, Washington, USA typically experience low food availability. As SST rises, feeder fish follow plankton to cooler temperatures in deeper water levels. Since gulls are surface-feeding birds, they face a food shortage. A tactic male gulls employ to deal with this food shortage is to cannibalize their neighbours' eggs. Gulls in this colony exhibit an adaptive tactic of every-other-day egg-laying synchrony in response to egg cannibalism, and the level of synchrony increases with colony density. Here we analyze the dynamics of an animal behaviour model for egg laying as a function of colony density. As colony density increases, the equilibrium loses stability in a 2-cycle bifurcation. The 2-cycle becomes increasingly synchronous as the colony density continues to increase. We show that egg-laying synchrony benefits the colony in the presence of cannibalism.     

基于SEIR模型的COVID-19疫情防控效果评估和预测

通过对COVID-19疫情在中国的传播情况进行分析,建立了一个SEIR流行病模型,模型中将确诊人群分成已收治和未收治两类.先从理论上分析了模型的无病平衡点及其稳定性、基本再生数等关键问题;再结合实际数据,对武汉封城前和封城后两个阶段疫情的发展趋势进行数值模拟和比较分析,讨论了模型中一些重要参数对确诊人数的影响;最后,针...     

脉冲输入毒素对具有阶段结构的单种群生存影响的研究

研究了一类小容量污染环境中脉冲输入毒素对具有阶段结构的单种群生存问题,分别找到了种群生存与灭绝的阈值,利用不等式放缩技巧,得到了种群灭绝和持久生存的充分条件.利用MATLAB数值仿真,验证了理论结果的正确性,分析了毒素输入量,毒素输入周期及种群成长时间对种群生存的影响.     

A new confidence interval for all characteristic roots of a covariance matrix

Confidence intervals for all of the characteristic roots of a sample covariance matrix are derived. Using a perturbation expansion, we obtain a new confidence interval for these roots. Then, we propose another confidence interval based on the results of Monte Carlo simulations. Since it is based on simulations, this new confidence interval is both narrower and more accurate than others when the difference between the largest and smallest characteristic roots of the population covariance matrix is large.     

Cannibalism and chaos in the classroom

Two simple discrete-time models of mutation-induced cannibalism are introduced and investigated, one linear and one nonlinear. Both form the basis for possible classroom activities and independent investigative study. A range of classroom exercises are provided, along with suggestions for further investigations.     

Oscillations in a molecular structured cell population model

We consider a nonlinear cyclin content structured model of a cell population divided into proliferative and quiescent cells. We show, for particular values of the parameters, the existence of solutions that do not depend on the cyclin content. We make numerical simulations for the general case obtaining, for some values of the parameters convergence to the steady state, but for others oscillations of the population.     

Allee effects on population dynamics in continuous (overlapping) case

This paper presents the stability analysis of equilibrium points of a continuous population dynamics with delay under the Allee effect which occurs at low population density. The mathematical results and numerical simulations show the stabilizing role of the Allee effects on the stability of the equilibrium point of this population dynamics.     

EFFECTS OF A TOXICANT ON A SINGLE-SPECIES POPULATION WITH PARTIAL POLLUTION TOLERANCE IN A POLLUTED ENVIRONMENT

We study a model for the long-term behavior of a single-species population with some degree of pollution tolerance in a polluted environment. The model consists of three ordinary differential equations: one for the population density, one for the amount of toxicant inside the living organisms, and one for the amount of toxicant in the environment. We derive sufficient conditions for the persistence and the extinction of the population depending on the exogenous input rate of the toxicant into the environment and the level of pollution tolerance of the organisms. Numerical simulations are carried out to illustrate our main results.     

A numerical method for nonlinear age-structured population models with finite maximum age

We propose a new numerical method for the approximation of solutions to a non-autonomous form of the classical Gurtin-MacCamy population model with a mortality rate that is the sum of an intrinsic age-dependent rate that becomes unbounded as the age approaches its maximum value, plus a non-local, non-autonomous, bounded rate that depends on some weighted population size. We prove that our new quadrature based method converges to second-order and we show the results of several numerical simulations.     

New bilingualism model based on fractional operators with Mittag-Leffler kernel

A model of one unilingual component and one bilingual component of a population is studied using fractional derivatives with Mittag-Leffler kernel in Liouville-Caputo sense. Numerical simulations were obtained using iterative schemes. We studied in detail the existence and uniqueness of the solutions. Numerical simulations for different values of the fractional order were obtained.