Effects of a fluctuating carrying capacity on the generalized Malthus-Verhulst model

Abstract

We consider a generalized Malthus-Verhulst model with a fluctuating carrying capacity and we study its effects on population growth. The carrying capacity fluctuations are described by a Poissonian process with an exponential correlation function. We will find an analytical expression for the average of a number of individuals and show that even in presence of a fluctuating carrying capacity the average tends asymptotically to a constant quantity. © 2014 Héctor Calisto et al.