Effective Lyapunov and Lyapunov-like functions for a class of discrete time models of interacting populations are presented. These functions are constructed on the biologically meaningful principle that a viable population must absorb energy from external sources when its density is low and it must
Stability of interacting populations with age-class distributions
โ Scribed by P. Auger
- Book ID
- 108360216
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 480 KB
- Volume
- 112
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-5193
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