Title
Pattern formation induced by intraspecific interactions in a predator-prey system
Date Issued
23 December 2019
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
American Physical Society
Abstract
Differential diffusion is a source of instability in population dynamics systems when species diffuse with different rates. Predator-prey systems show this instability only under certain specific conditions, usually requiring one to involve Holling-type functionals. Here we study the effects of intraspecific cooperation and competition on diffusion-driven instability in a predator-prey system with a different structure. We conduct the analysis on a generalized population dynamics that bounds intraspecific and interspecific interactions with Verhulst-type saturation terms instead of Holling-type functionals. We find that instability occurs due to the intraspecific saturation or intraspecific interactions, both cooperative and competitive. We present numerical simulations and show spatial patterns due to diffusion.
Volume
100
Issue
6
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de partículas, Campos de la Física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85077286126
PubMed ID
Source
Physical Review E
ISSN of the container
24700045
Sponsor(s)
This work was supported by the Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness of Spain (Research Project MTM2015-63914-P). Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities of Spain (Research Project PGC2018-093854-B-I00). APPENDIX A:
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