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Noise and large time delay: Accelerated catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems

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  • Zeng, Chunhua
  • Wang, Hua

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Catastrophic regime shifts (CRS) are large-scale, long-lasting changes in ecosystems. Such regime shifts can lead to degradation of ecological services and attendant economic losses. In this paper, we study the impacts of noises and time delay in the vegetation model of grazing ecosystems. We show that the noises only induce frequent CRS, however the combination of the noises and large time delay lead to permanent CRS. For small time delay, the mean first-passage time (MFPT) of CRS from the vegetated state to the desert state as functions of the noise intensities exhibits a maximum, and the noise-enhanced stability of grazing ecosystems is observed. However for large time delay, the MFPT is monotonically decreasing functions of the noise intensities, thus the noises accelerate CRS.

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  • Zeng, Chunhua & Wang, Hua, 2012. "Noise and large time delay: Accelerated catastrophic regime shifts in ecosystems," Ecological Modelling, Elsevier, vol. 233(C), pages 52-58.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ecomod:v:233:y:2012:i:c:p:52-58
    DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2012.03.025
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