The role of the Allee effect in common-pool resource and its sustainability

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2405.01271
• Publication Date: 2024-05-02
• Authors: Chengyi Tu; Fabio Menegazzo; Paolo D'Odorico; Samir Suweis
• Keywords: Allee effect; Common-pool resource

The management of common-pool resources is a complex challenge due to the risk overexploitation and tragedy commons. A novel framework has been introduced address this issue, focusing on coevolutionary relationship between human behavior within human-environment system. However, impact Allee effect coevolution its resource sustainability still unexplored. effect, biological phenomenon characterized by correlation availability growth rate, fundamental attribute numerous natural resources. In paper, we introduce two models strategy under replicator dynamics knowledge feedback applying These encapsulate various facets players' behavior, such as function, extraction rates, update rules. We find that can induce bi-stability critical transition, leading either sustainable or unsustainable outcomes depending initial condition parameter configuration. demonstrate enhances resilience coevolving system, these results advances understanding system