Journal
THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY
Volume 77, Issue 3, Pages 213-218Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.02.005
Keywords
First-principles derivation; Site-based framework; Scramble competition; Contest competition
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The purpose of this paper is to present a unified view to understand mechanistic basis of various discrete-time population models from the viewpoints of resource partitioning and spatial aggregation of individuals. A first-principles derivation is presented of a new population model which incorporates both scramble and contest competition using a site-based framework in which individuals are distributed over discrete resource sites. The derived model has parameters relating to the way of resource partitioning and the degree of spatial aggregation of individuals, respectively. The model becomes various population models in various limits in these parameters. This model thus provides a unified view to understand how various population models are interrelated. The dependence of the stability of the model on the parameters is also examined. (C) 2010 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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