Abstract
We study the conditions for extinction and survival of populations living in a patch surrounded by a hostile environment. We find analytic expressions for the steady states when population dynamics is described by diffusion and reaction is driven by compensation, depensation, or critical depensation growths. The role of initial population density is studied, and the complete bifurcation diagrams are constructed and validated numerically for the three cases studied. © 2008 The American Physical Society.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 022901 |
| Journal | Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics |
| Volume | 77 |
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| Publication status | Published - 4 Feb 2008 |