Monte Carlo Simulation of Age-Dependent Host-Parasite Relations
arXiv:q-bio/0703045 · doi:10.1016/j.physa.2007.05.028
Abstract
The death of a biological population is an extreme event which we investigate here for a host-parasitoid system. Our simulations using the Penna ageing model show how biological evolution can ``teach'' the parasitoids to avoid extinction by waiting for the right age of the host. We also show the dependence of extinction time on the population size.
8 pages including 6 figures