S-shaped bifurcation curves in ecosystems

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 381, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 732-741

  Lee, Eunkyoung ^a   Sasi, Sarath ^b   Shivaji, R ^b  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological systems; S shaped bifurcation curves; Sub supersolutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955909705     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2011.03.048     Document Type: Article

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