Spatial Heterogeneity and Local Oscillation Phase Drifts Individual-Based Simulations of a Prey-Predator System

• Autorzy: Waniewski J. , Jędruch W.
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Individual-based simulations of a simple prey-predator system of Lotka-Volterra type were carried out on a tessellation of identical squares with discrete time steps. The particles representing individuals moved freely along (roughly) straight lines with constant (on the average) velocity, and changed their movement during a collision with another particle. Individuals were of two types: preys (with free exponential population growth) and predators (with exponential population decrease in the absence of a prey, they attack with probability one and are characterized by zero handling and gestationtimes). Therefore the system might be also interpreted as a chemical reactionin a gas. For this simple system, a spontaneous generation of complex spatio-temporal pattern was observed with wavy spatial patterns and tendency for preys to form clusters surrounded by predators if the population density was high. The oscillations of the system were investigated at different spatial scales, and the phase lag between the oscillations in different local observation windows was demonstrated. The parameters of the classical Lotka-Volterra equations were estimated and the impact of the migration and the oscillation phase drift on the parameter values was discussed.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

prey-predator system; individual-based simulations; spatial heterogeneity; oscillation phase drift; parameter estimation

PL

estymacja parametryczna; różnorodność przestrzenna

• Wydawca: Oficyna Wydawnicza Uniwersytetu Zielonogórskiego
• Czasopismo: International Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computer Science
• Rocznik: 2000
• Tom: Vol. 10, no 1
• Strony: 175--192
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 32 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Waniewski J.

autor

Jędruch W.

• Institute of Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering Polish Academy of Sciences, ul. Ks. Trojdena 4, 02-109 Warsaw, Poland; Interdisciplinary Center for Mathematical and Computer Modelling Warsaw University, Warsaw, Poland,