Some discrete competition models and the competitive exclusion principle

Journal of Difference Equations and Applications

Volumn 10, Issue 13-15, 2004, Pages 1139-1151

  Cushing, J M ^a   Levarge, Sheree ^a   Chitnis, Nakul ^a   Henson, Shandelle M ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b ANDREWS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition models; Competitive exclusion principle; Difference equations; Global stability; Leslie Gower model; Lotka Volterra dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 8744244403     PISSN: 10236198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10236190410001652739     Document Type: Article

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