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A model of hierarchical ecosystems with migration

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A model of ecosystems with migration is proposed from the viewpoint of flow. This model explains the following two points: (1) How the density-dependent terms in population dynamics arise as a consequence of migration. (2) How the ecosystem exhibits a hierarchy in energy per unit biomass.

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  1. Department of Electronics, Chiba University, 1-33, Yayoi-cho, 260, Chiba-shi, Japan

    Hironori Hirata

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Hirata, H. A model of hierarchical ecosystems with migration. Bltn Mathcal Biology 42, 119–130 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02462370

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