Journal
THEORETICAL POPULATION BIOLOGY
Volume 72, Issue 4, Pages 468-479Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2007.04.002
Keywords
fixation; density-dependent; logistic; stochastic; neutral; asymptotic; allele; competition; drift; epidemiology; SIS
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We determine fixation probabilities in a model of two competing types with density dependence. The model is defined as a two-dimensional birth-and-death process with density-independent death rates, and birth-rates that are a linearly decreasing function of total population density. We treat the 'quasi-neutral case' where both types have the same equilibrium population densities. This condition results in birth rates that are proportional to death rates. This can be viewed as a life history trade-off. The deterministic dynamics possesses a stable manifold of mixtures of the two types. We show that the fixation probability is asymptotically equal to the fixation probability at the point where the deterministic flow intersects this manifold. The deterministic dynamics predicts an increase in the proportion of the type with higher birth rate in growing populations (and a decrease in shrinking populations). Growing (shrinking) populations therefore intersect the manifold at a higher (lower) than initial proportion of this type. On the center manifold, the fixation probability is a quadratic function of initial proportion, with a disadvantage to the type with higher birth rate. This disadvantage arises from the larger fluctuations in population density for this type. These results are asymptotically exact and have relevance for allele fixation, models of species abundance, and epidemiological models. Crown Copyright (c) 2007 Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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