Periodic coexistence of four species competing for three essential resources

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 115-135

  Li, Bingtuan ^a   Smith, Hal L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bifurcation; Coexistence; Periodic orbit; Resource competition

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; BIFURCATION (MATHEMATICS); COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATRIX ALGEBRA;

SPECIES COEXISTENCE;

BIODIVERSITY;

COEXISTENCE; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; INTERSPECIFIC COMPETITION; PERIODICITY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

ARTICLE; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENT; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PERIODICITY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; SPECIES COEXISTENCE; STANDARD;

EID: 0037696076     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-5564(03)00060-9     Document Type: Article

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