built-in function SMTH1—and the area colonized by the inferior species over the
entire landscape.
When comparing the results of this mosaic-type landscape with the single-patch
model (with the same parameter values) we find that the disturbances in individual
regions are damped by both the greater number of total regions, and by the colonization of adjacent inferiors. The fact that these disturbances occur out-of-phase helps
to give the total landscape more stability than that of any individual patch. This result
Fig. 34.12
Fig. 34.13
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34 Two-Species Colonization Model