Numerical model of the spatio-temporal dynamics in a water strider group.

ABSTRACT: The water strider group demonstrates a very complex dynamics consisting of competition for the food items, territoriality and aggression to the conspecific individuals, escaping from the predators, etc. The situation is even more complex due to the presence of different instars, which in most water strider species live in the same habitat and occupy the same niche. The presented swarm model of water striders demonstrates the realistic population dynamics. For the swarm formation in the model, attraction and repulsion forces were used. Animal motion in the model takes into account inertia and kinetic energy dissipation effects. The model includes three different rates related to the growth of individuals: food appearance rate, food assimilation rate, and stored energy loss rate. The results

SUBMITTER: Kovalev A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8433171 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature