A note on the replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation

Math Biosci Eng. 2011 Jul;8(3):659-76. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2011.8.659.

Abstract

A replicator equation with explicit space and global regulation is considered. This model provides a natural framework to follow frequencies of species that are distributed in the space. For this model, analogues to classical notions of the Nash equilibrium and evolutionary stable state are provided. A sufficient condition for a uniform stationary state to be a spatially distributed evolutionary stable state is presented and illustrated with examples.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Biological Evolution*
  • Computer Simulation
  • Ecosystem*
  • Feedback, Physiological / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Population Growth*