STABILITY-LIKE PROPERTIES OF POPULATION-MODELS

被引:9
作者
BYERS, RE [1 ]
HANSELL, RIC [1 ]
MADRAS, N [1 ]
机构
[1] YORK UNIV, DEPT MATH & STAT, N YORK M3J 1P3, ONTARIO, CANADA
基金
加拿大自然科学与工程研究理事会;
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D O I
10.1016/0040-5809(92)90003-C
中图分类号
Q14 [生态学(生物生态学)];
学科分类号
071012 ; 0713 ;
摘要
A density-dependent model is considered. This model exhibits two "attractors", the behaviour of which led us to relax commonly used concepts of stability and attractivity in order to yield a more pragmatic definition. The existence of continua between stability and instability and between attractors and repellors is emphasized. The perspective of attractors is broadened, from dealing almost exclusively with behaviours within an attractor, to emphasize the behaviour of a system in the neighbourhood of an attractor. © 1992.
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页数:25
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