Artigo
Fuzzy subset approach in coupled population dynamics of blowflies
Date
2006-01-01Registration in:
Biological Research. Santiago: Sociedad Biolgia Chile, v. 39, n. 2, p. 341-352, 2006.
0716-9760
10.4067/S0716-97602006000200016
S0716-97602006000200016
WOS:000238917800016
WOS000238917800016.pdf
Author
Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
Universidade Estadual do Centro Oeste (UNICENTRO)
Fundação Univ Fed Rio Grande
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
Abstract
This paper is a study on the population dynamics of blowflies employing a density-dependent. non-linear mathematical model and a coupled population formalism. In this Study, we investigated the coupled population dynamics applying fuzzy subsets to model the Population trajectory. analyzing demographic parameters such as fecundity, Survival, and migration. The main results suggest different possibilities in terms of dynamic behavior produced by migration in coupled Populations between distinct environments and the rescue effect generated by the connection between populations. It was possible to conclude that environmental heterogeneity can play an important role in blowfly metapopulation systems. The implications of these results for population dynamics of blowflies are discussed.