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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Published inJournal of biological dynamics Vol. 13; no. 1; pp. 177 - 191
Main Authors Duffy, Kevin J., Collins, Obiora C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published England Taylor & Francis 01.01.2019
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Taylor & Francis Group
Subjects
bifurcation
Coexistence
Consumer-resource model
ecosystem epidemiology dynamics
ecosystem sustainability
Ecosystems
Infectious diseases
stability analysis
bifurcation
ecosystem epidemiology dynamics
stability analysis
Consumer-resource model
ecosystem sustainability
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Summary: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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ISSN:1751-3758
1751-3766
DOI:10.1080/17513758.2019.1577994