Figure 4
Spatial distribution of the predator population \(w_i\) (\(i=1, \dots 100\)), at a representative instant of time, for the following cases: (left) uncoupled patches, and (right) patches coupled to neighbouring patches, with coupling strength \(C=1.0\) in Eq. (2). The black dashed and black solid lines represent the mean (\(\mu\)) and ten times the standard deviation \(\sigma\) from the mean (i.e. \(\mu +10\sigma\)) respectively. Note that the predator population \(w_i\) in the most patches, as well as the spatial average of w at an instant of time, is so low that it is barely visible in the figures.
