Open AccessSOURCES, SINKS AND SELECTIVITY
Author(s) -
CARROLL JOSEPH E.,
LAMBERSON ROLAND H.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
natural resource modeling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.28
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1939-7445
pISSN - 0890-8575
DOI - 10.1111/j.1939-7445.1999.tb00002.x
Subject(s) - metapopulation , convergence (economics) , ordinary differential equation , stability (learning theory) , nonlinear system , mathematics , population , differential equation , mathematical analysis , computer science , physics , economics , biological dispersal , demography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , sociology , economic growth
. A model, which consists of a system of several nonlinear ordinary differential equations, is developed to describe a metapopulation. Results regarding the location and stability of fixed population vectors are obtained, including conditions for the existence of multiple stable equilibria. The convergence of all solutions is established.