Advances and Applications in Statistics
Volume 25, Issue 1, Pages 31 - 45
(November 2011)
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ON ULTIMATE EXTINCTION PROBABILITIES AND MEAN BEHAVIOUR OF SPATIAL PATTERNS
I. C. Kipchirchir
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Abstract: The three basic spatial patterns of organisms are clustering (overdispersion), randomness and uniformity (underdispersion). In this paper, deterministic and stochastic models are employed to describe the dynamics of the number of individuals in a habitable site called a unit. Stochastic model discriminates spatial patterns whereas deterministic model does not, however, the mean of stochastic model is equivalent to the deterministic model. The probabilities of ultimate extinction and ultimate mean number of individuals in a unit are determined using the stochastic model. The analysis demonstrated that if spatial pattern is uniform (underdispersed), ultimate extinction is certain; if spatial pattern is clustered (overdispersed), ultimate explosion is certain and if spatial pattern is random, ultimately it stabilizes. |
Keywords and phrases: dispersion, spatial pattern, deterministic model, stochastic model, ultimate extinction probability, ultimate mean. |
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