具时滞的n斑块捕食-食饵扩散系统的正周期解

讨论了具时滞和功能反应的n斑块捕食—食饵扩散系统,利用新的方法,得到了该系统正周期解存在性的判别准则．     

具有无限时滞和扩散项的非自治竞争系统的正周期解(英文)

研究了一类具有无限时滞和扩散项的非自治竞争系统,利用重合度的廷拓定理,得到了该系统正周期解存在的充分性条件.     

一类带Beddington-DeAngelis功能反应的基于比率依赖的三种群扩散捕食者-食饵系统的周期解(英文)

研究了一类在两个不同斑块环境中的具时滞基于比率依赖的扩散捕食者-食饵系统,并利用重合度中的延拓定理得到了该系统周期解存在的充分条件.     

具有周期系数和连续时滞的扩散模型的周期解

本文讨论了具有周期系数和连续时滞的竞争扩散模型,得到了保证其存在唯一周期解及全局渐近稳定的充分条件．     

具时滞的非自治扩散捕食系统的概周期解

在本文中,我们考虑具时滞的扩散概周期捕食系统,其中被捕食者可在两个缀块间迁移,而捕食者被限制在其中一个缀块内,并证明了该系统存在唯一的全局吸引的正概周期解．     

基于食饵扩散与捕食者扩散的斑块间多时滞捕食模型研究

本文研究了一类基于食饵扩散与捕食者扩散的斑块间多时滞volterra型非自治捕食模型,首先,利用微分方程比较原理得到了系统持久生存的充分条件;其次,通过构造一个合理的Lyapunov函数,得到了该系统存在唯一的全局吸引的正的概周期解的充分条件;最后,运用matlab数学软件进行数值模拟验证了理论分析的可行性.     

具Holling Ⅱ类功能反应的时滞扩散模型的全局稳定性

研究一类含分布时滞和HollingⅡ类功能反应的扩散模型,得到了系统一致持久和其周期系统存在唯一全局渐近稳定的周期解的充分性条件．     

一类食饵具时滞与扩散的非线性脉冲捕食系统正周期解存在性

主要讨论了一类食饵具有时滞与扩散的非线性脉冲捕食系统正周期解的存在性问题,应用迭合度理论,得到系统存在正周期解的充分条件,推广了没有脉冲时的情形.数值模拟进一步验证了结论的正确性.     

非自治Lotka-Volterra型捕食扩散系统中有害时滞对该系统持久性的影响

研究了时滞对一类非自治Lotka-Volterra型捕食扩散系统的影响,该系统由n个斑块组成,食饵种群可以在斑块间迁移,而摘食者限制在某一个斑块不能扩散．我们假设密度制约项系数并不总是严格正的．通过运用比较定理及时滞泛函微分方程的基本原理,分两种情况表明了在一定条件下系统是一致持久的．两种情况的结果表明时滞的引入和变化即可能是“有害”,也可能是”无害”．进一步还说明了系统在一致持久性的条件下至少存在一个正周期解．这些结果是对已知的非自治Lotka-Volterra系统的一些结果的推广与改进．     

具有扩散和放养的时滞竞争系统的正周期解

主要研究缀块环境下具有扩散和放养的时滞Lotka-Volterra竞争系统,得到了系统的周期解存在性,唯一性和全局渐近稳定性的充分条件．     

Almost periodic solution of non-autonomous Lotka-Volterra predator-prey dispersal system with delays

This paper studies a non-autonomous Lotka-Volterra almost periodic predator-prey dispersal system with discrete and continuous time delays which consists of n-patches, the prey species can disperse among n-patches, but the predator species is confined to one patch and cannot disperse. By using comparison theorem and delay differential equation basic theory, we prove the system is uniformly persistent under some appropriate conditions. Further, by constructing suitable Lyapunov functional, we show that the system is globally asymptotically stable under some appropriate conditions. By using almost periodic functional hull theory, we show that the almost periodic system has a unique globally asymptotical stable strictly positive almost periodic solution. The conditions for the permanence, global stability of system and the existence, uniqueness of positive almost periodic solution depend on delays, so, time delays are "profitless". Finally, conclusions and two particular cases are given. These results are basically an extension of the known results for non-autonomous Lotka-Volterra systems.     

Spatial patterns of competing random walkers

We review recent results obtained from simple individual-based models of biological competition in which birth and death rates of an organism depend on the presence of other competing organisms close to it. In addition the individuals perform random walks of different types (Gaussian diffusion and Lévy flights). We focus on how competition and random motions affect each other, from which spatial instabilities and extinctions arise. Under suitable conditions, competitive interactions lead to clustering of individuals and periodic pattern formation. Random motion has a homogenizing effect and then delays this clustering instability. When individuals from species differing in their random walk characteristics are allowed to compete together, the ones with a tendency to form narrower clusters get a competitive advantage over the others. Mean-field deterministic equations are analyzed and compared with the outcome of the individual-based simulations.     

Delays in physiological systems

Summary In comparison to most physical or chemical systems, biological systems are of extreme complexity. In addition the time needed for transport or processing of chemical components or signals may be of considerable length. Thus temporal delays have to be incorporated into models leading to differential-difference and functional differential equations rather than ordinary differential equations. A number of examples, on different levels of biological organization, demonstrate that delays can have an influence on the qualitative behavior of biological systems: The existence or non-existence of instabilities and periodic or even chaotic oscillations can entirely depend on the presence or absence of delays with appropriate duration.     

The logistic equation with a diffusionally coupled delay

The asymptotic behaviour of a logistic equation with diffusion on a bounded region and a diffusionally coupled delay is investigated. An equivelent parabolic system is derived for certain types of delays. Using a Layapunov functional, sufficient conditions for the global asymptotic stability of the constant steady state are obtained. When the global stability is lost, using Hopf's bifurcation theory, existence of travelling waves is shown for ring-like and periodic one dimensional habitats.     

Cyclic AMP oscillations in suspensions of Dictyostelium discoideum

A model developed previously for signal relay and adaptation in the cellular slime mould Dictyostelium discoideum is shown to account for the observed oscillations of calcium and cyclic AMP in cellular suspensions. A qualitative argument is given which explains how the oscillations arise, and numerical computations show how characteristics such as the period and amplitude of the periodic solutions depend on parameters in the model. Several extensions of the basic model are investigated, including the effect of cell aggregation and the effect of time delays in the activation and adaptation processes. The dynamics of mixed cell populations in which only a small fraction of the cells are capable of autonomous oscillation are also studied.     

一个竞争模型的一致持续生存

本文研究一个带有时滞的竞争模型的一致持续生存。首先证明了离散时滞不影响种群的一致持续生存,接着在种群增长率是周期的假设下讨论了正周期解的存在性,最后给出了连续时滞模型一致持续生存的充分条件。     

多滞量捕食模型的正周期解

利用重合度理论中的延拓定理讨论了多滞量捕食模型的正周期解的存在性,得到了保证周期解存在的充分条件,推广了已知的相关结果。     

Homogenization techniques for population dynamics in strongly heterogeneous landscapes

An important problem in spatial ecology is to understand how population-scale patterns emerge from individual-level birth, death, and movement processes. These processes, which depend on local landscape characteristics, vary spatially and may exhibit sharp transitions through behavioural responses to habitat edges, leading to discontinuous population densities. Such systems can be modelled using reaction–diffusion equations with interface conditions that capture local behaviour at patch boundaries. In this work we develop a novel homogenization technique to approximate the large-scale dynamics of the system. We illustrate our approach, which also generalizes to multiple species, with an example of logistic growth within a periodic environment. We find that population persistence and the large-scale population carrying capacity is influenced by patch residence times that depend on patch preference, as well as movement rates in adjacent patches. The forms of the homogenized coefficients yield key theoretical insights into how large-scale dynamics arise from the small-scale features.