The Annals of Applied Probability

Lotka–Volterra with randomly fluctuating environments or “how switching between beneficial environments can make survival harder”

Abstract

We consider two-dimensional Lotka–Volterra systems in a fluctuating environment. Relying on recent results on stochastic persistence and piecewise deterministic Markov processes, we show that random switching between two environments that are both favorable to the same species can lead to the extinction of this species or coexistence of the two competing species.

Article information

Source
Ann. Appl. Probab., Volume 26, Number 6 (2016), 3754-3785.

Dates
Revised: February 2016
First available in Project Euclid: 15 December 2016

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1481792599

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1214/16-AAP1192

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3582817

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
1358.92075

Citation

Benaïm, Michel; Lobry, Claude. Lotka–Volterra with randomly fluctuating environments or “how switching between beneficial environments can make survival harder”. Ann. Appl. Probab. 26 (2016), no. 6, 3754--3785. doi:10.1214/16-AAP1192. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aoap/1481792599

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