Special Session 85: New Trends in The Mathematical Modeling of Epidemiology and Immunology

On Differential Equation Models for Shared Resource Competition

Wei Feng
University of North Carolina Wilmington
USA
Co-Author(s):    Xin Lu, Karen A. Federico
Abstract:
We analyze a differential equation model for the population dynamics of multiple species in a competitive environment. The model incorporates key ecological factors, including the conversion of available resources into per capita growth, the intrinsic harvest rate per unit area, and a uniform mortality rate. These factors influence interspecies competition and survival strategies, leading to the emergence and stability of three types of equilibrium states: extinction, competitive exclusion, and coexistence. Additionally, through a quasilinear reaction-diffusion system that models habitat selection strategies and ideal directed movement, we investigate the pattern of populations approaching coexistence equilibrium through traveling wave solutions.