Electron. J. Diff. Eqns., Vol. 2007(2007), No. 125, pp. 1-10.

Effect on persistence of intra-specific competition in competition models

Claude Lobry, Frederic Mazenc

Abstract:
An ecological model describing the competition for a single substrate of an arbitrary number of species is considered. The mortality rates of the species are not supposed to have all the same value and the growth function of the substrate is not supposed to be linear or decreasing. Intra-specific competition is taken into account. Under additional technical assumptions, we establish that the model admits a globally asymptotically stable positive equilibrium point. This ensures persistence of the species. Our proof relies on a Lyapunov function.

Submitted May 14, 2007. Published September 24, 2007.
Math Subject Classifications: 92B05, 92D25.
Key Words: Species coexistence; ecology; population dynamics.

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Claude Lobry
Projet MERE INRIA-INRA
UMR Analyse des Systèmes et Biométrie
INRA 2, pl. Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France
email: claude.lobry@inria.fr
Frédéric Mazenc
Projet MERE INRIA-INRA
UMR Analyse des Systèmes et Biométrie
INRA 2, pl. Viala, 34060 Montpellier, France
email: mazenc@ensam.inra.fr

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