Reaction fronts in persistent random walks with demographic stochasticity
arXiv:1809.06137 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.99.012404
Abstract
Standard Reaction-Diffusion (RD) systems are characterized by infinite velocities and no persistence in the movement of individuals, two conditions that are violated when considering living organisms. Here we consider a discrete particle model in which individuals move following a persistent random walk with finite speed and grow with logistic dynamics. We show that when the number of individuals is very large, the individual-based model is well described by the continuous Reactive Cattaneo Equation (RCE), but for smaller values of the carrying capacity important finite-population effects arise. The effects of fluctuations on the propagation speed are investigated both considering the RCE with a cutoff in the reaction term and by means of numerical simulations of the individual-based model. Finally, a more general Lévy walk process for the transport of individuals is examined and an expression for the front speed of the resulting traveling wave is proposed.
arXiv comment11 pages, 8 figures
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