Spatially heterogeneous invasion of toxic plant mediated by herbivory

Zhilan Feng; Wenzhang Huang; Donald L. DeAngelis

doi:10.3934/mbe.2013.10.1519

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2013, Volume 10, Issue 5&6: 1519-1538. Doi: 10.3934/mbe.2013.10.1519 open access

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Spatially heterogeneous invasion of toxic plant mediated by herbivory

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Department of Mathematics, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, Nanjing 210044
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Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL 35899
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Department of Biology, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida 33124

Received: August 2012

Revised: February 2013

Published: August 2013

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Spatially homogeneous (ODE) and reaction-diffusion models for plant-herbivore interactions with toxin-determined functional response are analyzed. The models include two plant species that have different levels of toxicity. The plant species with a higher level of toxicity is assumed to be less preferred by the herbivore and to have a relatively lower intrinsic growth rate than the less toxic plant species. Two of the equilibrium points of the system representing significant ecological interests are $E_1$, in which only the less toxic plant is present, and $E_2$, in which the more toxic plant and herbivore coexist while the less toxic plant has gone to extinction. Under certain conditions it is shown that, for the spatially homogeneous system all solutions will converge to the equilibrium $E_2$, whereas for the reaction-diffusion model there exist traveling wave solutions connecting $E_1$ and $E_2$.

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Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 92D40, 34D, 35K; Secondary: 35C07.

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