Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease
Maintaining sustainable ecosystems are important for all the inhabitants of earth. Also, an important component of sustainable ecosystems is the maintenance of healthy coexistence of consumers and their resources which can include diseases in the species involved. We formulate a model, where the res...
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| author | Kevin J. Duffy Obiora C. Collins |
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| description | Maintaining sustainable ecosystems are important for all the inhabitants of earth. Also, an important component of sustainable ecosystems is the maintenance of healthy coexistence of consumers and their resources which can include diseases in the species involved. We formulate a model, where the resources are plants, to explore how consumer-resource coexistence could of itself limit the spread of infectious diseases. The important mathematical features of the model are discussed using the basic reproduction number and the consumption number. The results show an association between species coexistence and a decrease in ecosystem resource disease. The possible importance of these results are discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9db1434e55bf45b78fc9d75b2da3cd302022-12-22T03:12:35ZengTaylor & Francis GroupJournal of Biological Dynamics1751-37581751-37662019-01-0113117719110.1080/17513758.2019.15779941577994Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious diseaseKevin J. Duffy0Obiora C. Collins1Durban University of TechnologyDurban University of TechnologyMaintaining sustainable ecosystems are important for all the inhabitants of earth. Also, an important component of sustainable ecosystems is the maintenance of healthy coexistence of consumers and their resources which can include diseases in the species involved. We formulate a model, where the resources are plants, to explore how consumer-resource coexistence could of itself limit the spread of infectious diseases. The important mathematical features of the model are discussed using the basic reproduction number and the consumption number. The results show an association between species coexistence and a decrease in ecosystem resource disease. The possible importance of these results are discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2019.1577994consumer-resource modelecosystem epidemiology dynamicsstability analysisbifurcationecosystem sustainability |
| spellingShingle | Kevin J. Duffy Obiora C. Collins Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease Journal of Biological Dynamics consumer-resource model ecosystem epidemiology dynamics stability analysis bifurcation ecosystem sustainability |
| title | Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease |
| title_full | Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease |
| title_fullStr | Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease |
| title_short | Consumer-resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease |
| title_sort | consumer resource coexistence as a means of reducing infectious disease |
| topic | consumer-resource model ecosystem epidemiology dynamics stability analysis bifurcation ecosystem sustainability |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17513758.2019.1577994 |
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