Mathematics Winter School 

26/02/2021, 17:00 — 17:15 — Online
Renata Amado, Software Component Engineer at Edisoft

Predator-prey reaction-diffusion systems with application to population dynamics

A system of reaction-diffusion partial differential equations was recently proposed for modelling the interaction of predators competing for the same prey. The most counterintuitive conclusion drawn from the experiments is that strong competition, besides causing emergence of territories, leads also to an increase in both predators and prey populations, alongside with the emergence of a refuge area for the prey population. The ecological implications of varying the different parameters present in the model were also tested regarding the emergence of territories and if and how this variation influences the size of the territories.

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Renata_Presentation_Winter_School_2021.pdf