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The role of long-range dispersal in the coexistence of sexual and asexual relatives in a population of hermaphrodite flowering plants is investigated. In these populations, growth and reproduction often occur during a sedentary stage that is then followed by dispersal of propagules. These two stages are clearly distinguishable and show strong seasonality. A modeling approach that accurately describes this kind of dynamics of mixed populations is a system of two nonlinear integro-difference equations. It is shown that this kind of model can accommodate coexistence of the two different reproductive types.
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Carrillo, C., Cherednichenko, K., Britton, N. et al. Dynamic Coexistence of Sexual and Asexual Invasion Fronts in a System of Integro-Difference Equations. Bull. Math. Biol. 71, 1612–1625 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11538-009-9416-8
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