Publications by authors named "Sophia Peralta"
Global dynamics of a discrete two-population model for flour beetle growth.
Math Biosci Eng
June 2025
The cannibalistic behavior of has been extensively researched, revealing instances of chaotic dynamics in laboratory environments for . The well-established Larvae-Pupae-Adult (LPA) model has been instrumental in understanding the conditions that lead to chaos in flour beetles (genus: ). In response to new experimental observations showing a decline in the pupae population in , we proposed and analyzed a simplified two-stage Larvae-Adult (LA) model.
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- Flour beetles have been used in ecological research to model population dynamics, particularly through the well-studied LPA (larvae-pupae-adult) model.
- Researchers explored whether chaos is a natural behavior of flour beetle populations, adapting the LPA model to account for different adult stages and cannibalism.
- Their findings indicate that chaos can occur but is uncommon under typical experimental conditions, suggesting it is often triggered by environmental factors rather than being an inherent trait of the beetles.