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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Nov 14.
Published in final edited form as: J Theor Biol. 2018 Sep 1;457:199–210. doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2018.08.041

Table 2. Summary of results.

Species Benefits Dispersal Prices between patches Result
Same Hi = 1/2 Harvest No • Harvest of all species.
• Suppression of lesser valued species.
Harvest abundance No • Harvest declines with benefits from abundance.
• If benefits from abundance greatly exceed benefits from harvest, then harvest ceases.
Harvest biodiversity No • As benefits from biodiversity increase, species are harvested to maintain more even abundances.
• Levels of biomass depend on the set of relative prices.
Harvest Yes Same • Quantity and evenness of species harvested increases with dispersal.
• Diversity increases with dispersal.
Harvest Yes Different • Harvest rates for each species converge at intermediate dispersal, then diverge at high dispersal.
• Quantity of species harvested increases with dispersal.
• Diversity maximized at intermediate dispersal.
Different Hi = 1, 1/2, 0 Harvest Yes Same • At low (high) dispersal, the generalist (least valuable) species dominates.
• Diversity maximized at intermediate dispersal.
Harvest Yes Different • At low dispersal, the generalist species dominates.
• Initial suppression of species increase with dispersal, leading to greater coexistence but lower biomass.
• Diversity increases with dispersal.