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[PAST EVENT] Colloquium: Junping Shi (William & Mary)

September 17, 2021
2pm - 3pm
Location
Jones Hall, Room 301
200 Ukrop Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185Map this location
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  • Open to the public

Title: Competition Exclusion or Coexistence in Spatially Heterogeneous Environment

Abstract: The classical Lotka-Volterra competition model predicts competition exclusion occurs when the competition is strong, and species can coexist when the competition is weak. In a spatially heterogeneous environment, the dispersal rates of species and the spatial heterogeneity could change or uphold the outcome of the competition. We show in several spatially heterogeneous Lotka-Volterra competition models, the coexistence steady state is globally asymptotically stable, while in another case, multiple positive steady states exist.

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Junping Shi