SLIDE 34 Dynamics within patch ℓ
xℓ
i (t) density of species i in patch ℓ where 1 ≤ i ≤ n and 1 ≤ ℓ ≤ k
bℓ
i intrinsic per-capita growth rate of spp. i in patch ℓ
aℓ
ij per-capita interaction rate of spp i with spp j in patch ℓ.
Assume E[xℓ
i (t + ∆t) − xℓ i (t)|xℓ(t)] ≈ xℓ i (t)
n
aℓ
ijxℓ j (t) + bℓ i
∆t,
and Var[xℓ
i (t + ∆t) − xℓ i (t) | xℓ(t)] ≈ σℓℓ i
i (t)
2 ∆t
In limit ∆t ↓ 0, get the Itˆ
- stochastic differential equations (SDEs)
dxℓ
i (t) = xℓ i (t)
n
aℓ
ijxℓ j (t) + bℓ i
dt + dE ℓ
i (t)
where E ℓ
i (t) is a Brownian motion with mean 0 and variance σℓℓ i t
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