Superinfection, metapopulation dynamics, and the evolution of diversity.

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Using both analytic and numerical methods, we elucidate the dynamical properties of a class of metapopulation models in which many different species/strains contend for persistence, with local extinction of subpopulations being balanced by colonization of other patches. The species/strains have a strict competitive hierarchy with a given species/strain "taking over" any patch occupied by a lower-ranking...

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