Seasonal forcing and multi-year cycles in interacting populations: Lessons from a predator-prey model

Journal of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 67, Issue 6-7, 2013, Pages 1741-1764

  Taylor, Rachel A ^a   Sherratt, Jonathan A ^a   White, Andrew ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bifurcation diagram; Cyclic populations; Multi year cycles; Predator prey; Seasonal forcing; Subharmonics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGICAL RHYTHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATION; SEASON;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL CLOCKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ECOSYSTEM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SEASONS;

EID: 84887496178     PISSN: 03036812     EISSN: 14321416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-012-0612-z     Document Type: Article

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