Practical coexistence of two species in the chemostat - A slow-fast characterization

Mathematical Biosciences

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-39

  El Hajji, Miled ^a   Rapaport, Alain ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Chemostat; Coexistence; Competition; Invariant manifold; Slow fast dynamics

Indexed keywords

CHEMOSTAT; COEXISTENCE; DILUTION RATES; GROWTH FUNCTIONS; INVARIANT MANIFOLD; NON-TRIVIAL; REDUCED DYNAMICS; SLOW-FAST DYNAMICS; SMALL PERTURBATIONS;

COMPETITION; DYNAMICS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROGRAMMING THEORY;

CHEMOSTATS;

CHEMOSTAT; COEXISTENCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PERTURBATION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 60249095767     PISSN: 00255564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mbs.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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