Hierarchical competition models with the Allee effect II: the case of immigration

J Biol Dyn. 2015:9:288-316. doi: 10.1080/17513758.2015.1077999.

Abstract

This is part II of an earlier paper that dealt with hierarchical models with the Allee effect but with no immigration. In this paper, we greatly simplify the proofs in part I and provide a proof of the global dynamics of the non-hyperbolic cases that were previously conjectured. Then, we show how immigration to one of the species or to both would, drastically, change the dynamics of the system. It is shown that if the level of immigration to one or to both species is above a specified level, then there will be no extinction region where both species go to extinction.

Keywords: Population dynamics; ecology and evolutionary biology.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Competitive Behavior*
  • Emigration and Immigration*
  • Humans
  • Models, Biological*
  • Population Dynamics*