MacArthur-Wilson equilibrium: dS/dt = c(P−S) − eS; island biogeography ODE framework

Layer 3 — Biologyin the biogeography subtree

MacArthur-Wilson island-biogeography equilibrium framework — the canonical balance-of-immigration-and-extinction ODE model that founded quantitative biogeography (MacArthur & Wilson, Evolution 17, 373, 1963; MacArthur & Wilson, 'Theory of…

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Banach fixed-point theorem
MacArthur-Wilson theorem: S*=cP/(c+e); dS|₀=cP; dS|_P=−eP; τ=1/(c+e); c=e → P/2

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