Clustering Synchronization in a Model of the 2D Spatio-Temporal Dynamics of an Age-Structured Population with Long-Range Interactions

Matvey Kulakov () and Efim Frisman
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Matvey Kulakov: Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problem FEB RAS, Sholom-Aleikhem St. 4, 679016 Birobidzhan, Russia
Efim Frisman: Institute of Complex Analysis of Regional Problem FEB RAS, Sholom-Aleikhem St. 4, 679016 Birobidzhan, Russia

Mathematics, 2023, vol. 11, issue 9, 1-21

Abstract: The inhomogeneous population distribution appears as various population densities or different types of dynamics in distant sites of the extended habitat and may arise due to, for example, the resettlement features, the internal population structure, and the population dynamics synchronization mechanisms between adjacent subpopulations. In this paper, we propose the model of the spatio-temporal dynamics of two-age-structured populations coupled by migration (metapopulation) with long-range displacement. We study mechanisms leading to inhomogeneous spatial distribution as a type of cluster synchronization of population dynamics. To study the spatial patterns and synchronization, we use the method of constructing spatio-temporal profiles and spatial return maps. We found that patterns with spots or stripes are typical spatial structures with synchronous dynamics. In most cases, the spatio-temporal dynamics are mixed with randomly located single populations with strong burst (outbreak) of population size (solitary states). As the coupling parameters decrease, the number of solitary states grows, and they increasingly synchronize and form the clusters of solitary states. As a result, there are the several clusters with different dynamics. The appearance of these spatial patterns most likely occurs due to the multistability of the local age-structured population, leading to the spatio-temporal multistability.

Keywords: metapopulation; age structure; coupled map lattice; nonlinear coupling; cluster synchronization; solitary states (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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