Enabling stable coexistence by modifying the environment

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Highlights:

• We study a population model of replicative species that can modify their environment.

• The ability of changing the environment enables coexistence of, at most, two species.

• Possible equilibria exist: extinction, survival of one species or coexistence of two.

• Final equilibrium depends on: number of species, their features and initial conditions.

• Stability of equilibrium points is established in terms of the model parameters.

摘要

•We study a population model of replicative species that can modify their environment.•The ability of changing the environment enables coexistence of, at most, two species.•Possible equilibria exist: extinction, survival of one species or coexistence of two.•Final equilibrium depends on: number of species, their features and initial conditions.•Stability of equilibrium points is established in terms of the model parameters.

论文关键词:Population dynamics,Quasispecies,Daisyworld,Stability

论文评审过程:Received 13 October 2019, Revised 13 January 2020, Accepted 13 March 2020, Available online 14 April 2020, Version of Record 14 April 2020.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2020.125235