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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 7.
Published in final edited form as: Discrete Continuous Dyn Syst Ser B. 2014 Jan;19(1):89–130. doi: 10.3934/dcdsb.2014.19.89

Table 2.

Effects of α1 and α2 on dynamics.

Values of R 0 Effects when R0θ<1 Effects when R0θ>1
Intensity of values
Small values of α 1 Either can keep the infected population in a low level or Destabilize the system then drive the whole population extinct through a catastrophic event. Either exhibits disease-driven extinction (Theorem 3.2, condition C) or disease persists with large infected population (this may be caused by switching Allee thresholds).
α 2 Disease persists with large infected population. Disease persists with large infected population.
Intermedium values of α 1 Hysteresis occurs Either disease persists or exhibits disease-driven extinction.
α 2 Hysteresis occurs Either disease persists or exhibits disease-driven extinction.
Large values of α 1 The infected population persists and is relatively large. Disease persists.
α 2 Either can keep the infected population in a low level or Destabilize the system then drive the whole population extinct through a catastrophic event. Either exhibits disease-driven extinction (Theorem 3.2, condition C) or disease persists.