compcol: Two-species Competition-colonization Metapopulation Model

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Two-species Competition-colonization Metapopulation Model

Description

This model implements a Levins-type metapopulation model for two species, after Hastings (1980). For use with ode in the deSolve package.

Usage

compcol(t, y, params)

Arguments

t	Argument for time
y	A vector for population 1 and 2
params	Vector or list of parameters

Value

Returns a list of length one, for use with ode in the deSolve package.

Component 1

vector of the state variables, y.

Author(s)

Hank Stevens <[e-mail]>

References

Hastings, A. (1980) Disturbance, coexistence, history, and competition for space. Theoretical Population Biology, 18, 363–373.

Stevens. M.H.H. (2009) A Primer of Ecology with R. Use R! Series. Springer.

See Also

levins, compcolM, succniche

Examples

library(deSolve)
pars <- c(c1 = .3, c2 = 1, m1 = .1, m2 = .1)
pops <- c(.1,.1)
out <- ode(y=pops, t=0:20, fun=compcol, parms = pars)
matplot(out[,1], out[,-1], type='l')

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