Eco-evolutionary cyclic dominance among predators, prey, and parasites
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| author | Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag Banerjee, Jeet Perc, Matjaž Ghosh, Dibakar |
| author_facet | Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag Banerjee, Jeet Perc, Matjaž Ghosh, Dibakar |
| contents | Predator prey interactions are one of ecology's central research themes, but with many interdisciplinary implications across the social and natural sciences. Here we consider an often-overlooked species in these interactions, namely parasites. We first show that a simple predator prey parasite model, inspired by the classical Lotka Volterra equations, fails to produce a stable coexistence of all three species, thus failing to provide a biologically realistic outcome. To improve this, we introduce free space as a relevant eco-evolutionary component in a new mathematical model that uses a game-theoretical payoff matrix to describe a more realistic setup. We then show that the consideration of free space stabilizes the dynamics by means of cyclic dominance that emerges between the three species. We determine the parameter regions of coexistence as well as the types of bifurcations leading to it by means of analytical derivations as well as by means of numerical simulations. We conclude that the consideration of free space as a finite resource reveals the limits of biodiversity in predator prey parasite interactions, and it may also help us in the determination of factors that promote a healthy biota. |
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| spellingShingle | Eco-evolutionary cyclic dominance among predators, prey, and parasites Chowdhury, Sayantan Nag Banerjee, Jeet Perc, Matjaž Ghosh, Dibakar Populations and Evolution Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems Predator prey interactions are one of ecology's central research themes, but with many interdisciplinary implications across the social and natural sciences. Here we consider an often-overlooked species in these interactions, namely parasites. We first show that a simple predator prey parasite model, inspired by the classical Lotka Volterra equations, fails to produce a stable coexistence of all three species, thus failing to provide a biologically realistic outcome. To improve this, we introduce free space as a relevant eco-evolutionary component in a new mathematical model that uses a game-theoretical payoff matrix to describe a more realistic setup. We then show that the consideration of free space stabilizes the dynamics by means of cyclic dominance that emerges between the three species. We determine the parameter regions of coexistence as well as the types of bifurcations leading to it by means of analytical derivations as well as by means of numerical simulations. We conclude that the consideration of free space as a finite resource reveals the limits of biodiversity in predator prey parasite interactions, and it may also help us in the determination of factors that promote a healthy biota. |
| title | Eco-evolutionary cyclic dominance among predators, prey, and parasites |
| topic | Populations and Evolution Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.08158 |