Stationary pattern of vortices or strings in biological systems: Lattice version of the Lotka-Volterra model

11 December 1989

journal article
research article
Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters

Vol. 63 (24) , 2688-2691
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.63.2688

Abstract

By stochastic simulation, we investigate the spatial pattern in the biological system composed of three competing species. Topological defects are introduced to explain the pattern formation in this system. The spatial dimension d determines the nature of defects such as kinks, vortices, and strings. When d=2,3, the system approaches the stationary state, where the peculiar defect configuration is found.

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