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Investigation of tritrophic interactions in an ecosystem using abstract chemistry

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We investigated the population dynamics of a tritrophic interaction mediated by herbivore-induced plant volatiles that attracted carnivorous natural enemies of herbivores. We modeled the system by abstract chemistry, and an abstract rewriting system of multisets (ARMS), and compared the case where plants produced herbivore-induced volatiles with the case where they did not. We found that there was a case where herbivore-induced volatiles that attract carcivores resulted in a population increase of herbivores.

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  1. Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yasuhiro Suzuki & Hiroshi Tanaka

  2. Center for Ecological Research, Kyoto University, Otsu, Japan

    Junji Takabayashi

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Suzuki, Y., Takabayashi, J. & Tanaka, H. Investigation of tritrophic interactions in an ecosystem using abstract chemistry. Artif Life Robotics 6, 129–132 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02481327

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