Mass balance equation versus logistic equation in food chains

Journal of Biological Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-85

  Kooi, B W ^a   Boer, M P ^a   Kooijman, S A L M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chaos; Equilibrium; Food chains; Limit cycles; Logistic equation; Mass conservation law; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003115902     PISSN: 02183390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218339097000072     Document Type: Article

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