Plant–pollinator population dynamics

Michael A. Fishman and Lilach Hadany

Theoretical Population Biology, 2010, vol. 78, issue 4, 270-277

Abstract: We formulate and analyze a multi-generation population dynamics model for pollinators’ mutualism with plants. The centerpiece of our model is an analytical expression for population-level plant–pollinator interactions extrapolated from a model of individual-level flowers and bees interactions. We also show that this analytical expression can be productively approximated by the Beddington–DeAngelis formula—a function used to model trophic interactions in mathematical ecology.

Keywords: Bees; Bi-stability; Dynamics; Ecology; Individual-level; Mathematical; Model; ODE; Pollination; Population-level (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tpb.2010.08.002

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