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Authors: Mohamed Swailem, Uwe C. Täuber Abstract: We study the stochastic spatial Lotka-Volterra model for predator-prey competition subject to a periodically varying carrying capacity. The Lotka-Volterra model with on-site lattice occupation restrictions (i.e., finite local … Read more
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2020.10.007 Authors: Bo Zhang, Donald L. DeAngelis, and Wei-Ming Ni Journal: Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 36, 164-173 (2021) Abstract: Carrying capacity is a key concept in ecology. A body of theory, based on … Read more
Abstract: The spatiotemporal arrangement of interacting populations often influences the maintenance of species diversity and is a subject of intense research. Here, we study the spatiotemporal patterns arising from the cyclic competition between three species … Read more
Abstract: Cooperative behaviour is widespread in nature, even though cooperating individuals always run the risk of being exploited by free-riders. Population structure effectively promotes cooperation given that a threshold in the level of cooperation was … Read more
Abstract: Microbes providing public goods are widespread in nature despite running the risk of being exploited by free-riders. However, the precise ecological factors supporting cooperation are still puzzling. Following recent experiments, we consider the role … Read more
Abstract: The maintenance of “public” or “common good” producers is a major question in the evolution of cooperation. Because nonproducers benefit from the shared resource without bearing its cost of production, they may proliferate faster … Read more