Effect of harvest on MTE calculated by single step process for stochastic population model under Allee effect

Abstract

In this study, first we expand the cubic population model under Allee effect with a quadratic harvest function that represents harvest effect. Then, using four reaction equations representing the micro-interactions within the population under the influence of demographic noise and harvest, we obtain the mean field equations containing the effect of the harvest from the solution of the master equation. In this way, a relationship is established between the micro and macro parameters of the population. As a result, we calculate Mean Time to Extinction (MTE) by using WKB approximation for single step processes and observe the effect of harvesting.