Stabilizing spatially-structured populations through adaptive Limiter Control.

ABSTRACT: Stabilizing the dynamics of complex, non-linear systems is a major concern across several scientific disciplines including ecology and conservation biology. Unfortunately, most methods proposed to reduce the fluctuations in chaotic systems are not applicable to real, biological populations. This is because such methods typically require detailed knowledge of system specific parameters and the ability to manipulate them in real time; conditions often not met by most real populations. Moreover, real populations are often noisy and extinction-prone, which can sometimes render such methods ineffective. Here, we investigate a control strategy, which works by perturbing the population size, and is robust to reasonable amounts of noise and extinction probability. This strategy, called the Adaptiv

SUBMITTER: Sah P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4143321 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature