arXiv · 2108.01826
Effects of nonlocal dispersal strategies and heterogeneous environment on total population
Abstract
In this paper, we consider the following single species model with nonlocal dispersal strategy $$ d\mathcal {L} [\theta] (x,t) + \theta(x,t) [m(x)- \theta(x,t)]=0 , $$ where $\mathcal {L}$ denotes the nonlocal diffusion operator, and investigate how the dispersal rate of the species and the distribution of resources affect the total population. First, we show that the upper bound for the ratio between total population and total resource is $C\sqrt{d}$. Moreover, examples are constructed to indicate that this upper bound is optimal. Secondly, for a type of simplified nonlocal diffusion operator, we prove that if $ \frac{\sup m}{\inf m}<\frac{\sqrt{5}+1}{2}$, the total population as a function of dispersal rate $d$ admits exactly one local maximum point in $\displaystyle (\inf m, \sup m)$. These results reveal essential discrepancies between local and nonlocal dispersal strategies.
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Xueli Bai, Fang Li. 2021-08-04. Effects of nonlocal dispersal strategies and heterogeneous environment on total population. https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.01826
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