Note the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1...Note the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1 on the growth rate of Population 2. If we solve for these intercepts, we wind up with the following two coordinates for Population 1: [0, K 1 /a 12 ] (setting x, or the size of Population 1, to 0) and [K 1 , 0] (setting y, or the population size of Population 2, to 0).
Note the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1...Note the subscripts on the competition coefficients: α 12 expresses the effect of one member of Population 2 on the growth rate of Population 1; α 21 expresses the effect of one member of Population 1 on the growth rate of Population 2. If we solve for these intercepts, we wind up with the following two coordinates for Population 1: [0, K 1 /a 12 ] (setting x, or the size of Population 1, to 0) and [K 1 , 0] (setting y, or the population size of Population 2, to 0).
