Abstract
In this work, we analyze the interplay between general age structured density-dependent fertility functions and age classes dispersal in a patchy environment. As novelties, (i) the fertility function depends on age classes (instead of on the total population size) and (ii) dispersal patterns are also allowed to be different for individuals belonging to different age classes.Our results highlight the interplay between the shape of the age structured density-dependent fertility function and the age classes dispersal patterns. We analyze this interaction from an environmental management point of view by exploring the consequences of connecting patches that can sustain a population (source patch) or cannot (sink patch), as well as its relation to component Allee effects and strong Allee effects.In particular, we have found scenarios such that the metapopulation goes extinct when two isolated source patches are connect due to heterogeneous age classes distribution. On the contrary, there are settings such that heterogeneous age classes distribution enables two isolated sink patches to be sustainable when connected. Besides, we discuss what kind of local interventions are helpful to manage component Allee effect and its impact at the metopopulation level.The source code used to simulations is fully available. The code is presented as a knitr reproducible document in the open source R computing system. Thus, free access and usability of the code are granted.
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