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Generalising a site-based stochastic model due to Royama, Solé et al. and Sumpter et al., we investigate competition in a single species with discrete, non-overlapping generations. We show that the deterministic limit of the dynamics depends on a few easily interpretable parameters only. Further, we discuss qualitative properties and limit sets of the corresponding difference equations, and we relate these to modes of competition. Moreover, a detailed analysis of stochastic effects in some relevant scenarios indicates that the behaviour of the stochastic model is very sensitive to further details of the model.
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Gotzen, B., Liebscher, V. & Walcher, S. On a Class of Deterministic Population Models with Stochastic Foundation. Bull Math Biol 73, 1559–1582 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-010-9581-9
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