TRANSITION MATRIX MODELING ON DISTURBANCE-CONTROLLED PERSISTENCE OF PLANT-POPULATION

We consider the disturbance-controlled persistence of plant population with a transition matrix modelling, and discuss the contribution of e cological disturbance to the population persistence. The considered po pulation is assumed to be the species subordinate about the competitio n for its persistence, so that it goes extinct in the environment with out ecological disturbance. Our mathematical results indicates such a possibility that the ecological disturbance with an appropriate period assures the persistence of such species of plant. (C) 1997 Elsevier S cience B.V.