Fig. 1: Dependence of the equilibrium population density F* (measured in individuals) on the number of shelters N in a behaviorally monomorphic population. | Communications Biology

Fig. 1: Dependence of the equilibrium population density F* (measured in individuals) on the number of shelters N in a behaviorally monomorphic population.

From: Revisiting the role of behavior-mediated structuring in the survival of populations in hostile environments

Fig. 1: Dependence of the equilibrium population density F* (measured in individuals) on the number of shelters N in a behaviorally monomorphic population.The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI.

Panel (A) shows the graphs F*(N) obtained for different mortality pressures due to variation of the abundance of natural enemies, described by the parameter ΔT (measured in year−1). Here we assume that the parameters ΔT and νm, accounting for the mortality due to natural enemies, vary proportionally with ΔT, since they incorporate the abundance of the natural enemies. The coefficients of proportionality are computed using the default values of parameters (see Table 1). Panel (B) shows the graphs F*(N) constructed for different values of the parasite acquisition rate νμ (measured in year−1) due to fighting for shelters. The considered spatial area is 1 ha. The other parameters are the same as in Table 1.

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