Threshold of coexistence and critical behavior of a predator-prey stochastic model in a fractal landscape. (22nd August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Argolo, C; Barros, P; Tomé, T; Arashiro, E; Gleria, Iram; Lyra, M L
• Is Part Of: Journal of statistical mechanics. (2016:Aug.)
• Publication Date: 2016-08-22
• Subjects: Statistical mechanics -- Periodicals; Mechanics -- Statistical methods -- Periodicals; 530.1305
• DOI: 10.1088/1742-5468/2016/08/083204
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1742-5468

Abstract

Abstract: We investigate a stochastic lattice model describing a predator-prey system in a fractal scale-free landscape, mimicked by the fractal Sierpinski carpet. We determine the threshold of species coexistence, that is, the critical phase boundary related to the transition between an active state, where both species coexist and an absorbing state where one of the species is extinct. We show that the predators must live longer in order to persist in a fractal habitat. We further performed a finite-size scaling analysis in the vicinity of the absorbing-state phase transition to compute a set of stationary and dynamical critical exponents. Our results indicate that the transition belongs to the directed percolation universality class exhibited by the usual contact process model on the same fractal landscape.