On the dynamics of discrete food chains: Low- and high-frequency behavior and optimality of chaos

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 396-418

  Lindström, Torsten ^a  

^a LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Discrete food chain; Discrete Hopf (Neimark Sacker) bifurcation; Mean yield maximization; Nicholson Bailey model; Pulsewise birth processes

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; PLANT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CARNIVORA; ECOSYSTEM; FOOD CHAIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; PLANTS; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR;

EID: 1842867921     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002850200154     Document Type: Article

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