A Lotka-Volterra competition model with seasonal succession

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 64, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 109-130

  Hsu, Sze Bi ^a   Zhao, Xiao Qiang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR THEORETICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Global stability; Lotka Volterra model; Periodic solutions; Saddle point structure; Seasonal succession; The period map

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; MODELS, STATISTICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SEASONS;

EID: 84855233725     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-011-0408-6     Document Type: Article

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