How bad is to be slow-reacting ? On the effect of the delay in response to a changing environment on a population's survival

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dc.creatorBena, Ioana
dc.creatorDroz, Michel
dc.creatorSzwabinski, Janusz
dc.creatorPekalski, Andrzej
dc.date2008-01-17
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T08:55:03Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T08:55:03Z
dc.descriptionWe consider a simple-model population, whose individuals react with a certain delay to temporal variations of their habitat. We investigate the impact of such a delayed-answer on the survival chances of the population, both in a periodically changing environment, and in the case of an abrupt change of it. It is found that for population with low degree of mutation-induced variability, being "slow-reacting" decreases the extinction risk face to environmental changes. On the contrary, for populations with high mutation amplitude, the delayed reaction reduces the survival chances.
dc.description7 pages, 4 figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2708
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0801.2708
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/146155
dc.subjectPopulations and Evolution
dc.subjectStatistical Mechanics
dc.subjectBiological Physics
dc.titleHow bad is to be slow-reacting ? On the effect of the delay in response to a changing environment on a population's survival
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