Realistic parameter assessment for a well known elephant-tree ecosystem model reveals that limit cycles are unlikely

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 121, Issue 2-3, 1999, Pages 115-125

  Duffy, Kevin J ^a   Page, Bruce R ^a   Swart, John H ^a   Bajić, Vladimir B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b DURBAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Elephant foraging; Limit cycle dynamics; Parameter assessment

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ELEPHANT; PLANT-HERBIVORE INTERACTION;

EID: 0033568056     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3800(99)00091-5     Document Type: Article

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