dc.creatorFassoni, A. C.
dc.creatorMartins, M. L.
dc.date2018-11-08T16:52:52Z
dc.date2018-11-08T16:52:52Z
dc.date2014-06
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-27T21:03:47Z
dc.date.available2023-09-27T21:03:47Z
dc.identifier1476945X
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecocom.2013.03.004
dc.identifierhttp://www.locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/22505
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/8953809
dc.descriptionExotic plants threaten the biodiversity of natural habitats and the integrity of agricultural systems throughout the World. Therefore, understanding, predicting and controlling plant invasions became issues of great practical importance. In the present paper, a model for plant invasion based on allelopathic suppression is proposed and studied through analytical methods and numerical integration. Employing linear stability analysis the conditions for plant coexistence as well as one species extinction were determined for the spatially homogeneous system. These conditions demonstrate the advantage conferred to the alien plant by its phytotoxin. It was shown that the system exhibits bistability between two distinct fixed points, either associated to species coexistence or to the extinction of one species. Numerical simulation is also included to support such results. Further, the invasion spreading starting from a single, spatially localized initial focus was investigated by numerical integration of the model's equations. As obtained for the spatially homogeneous system, at strong interspecific competition the outcome is the extinction of one plant species. In contrast, at low interspecific competition, the rule is the coexistence between the invader and native plants. So, under weak competition alien species can invade, but genetic diversity can be sustained.
dc.formatpdf
dc.formatapplication/pdf
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherEcological Complexity
dc.relationVolume 18, Pages 49- 58, June 2014
dc.rights2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
dc.subjectAllelopathy
dc.subjectPlant invasion
dc.subjectMathematical model
dc.subjectBistability
dc.titleMathematical analysis of a model for plant invasion mediated by allelopathy
dc.typeArtigo


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