
doi: 10.1137/0132006
The general system of differential equations describing predator-prey dynamics is modified by the assumption that the coefficients are periodic functions of time. By use of standard techniques of bifurcation theory, as well as a recent global result of Rabinowitz, it is shown that this system has a periodic solution (in place of an equilibrium) provided the long term time average, of the predator’s net, unihibited death rate is in a suitable range. The bifurcation is from the periodic solution of the time-dependent logistic equation for the prey (which results in the absence of any predator). Numerical results which clearly show this bifurcation phenomenon are briefly discussed.
Structural stability and analogous concepts of solutions to ordinary differential equations, Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations, General biology and biomathematics
Structural stability and analogous concepts of solutions to ordinary differential equations, Periodic solutions to ordinary differential equations, General biology and biomathematics
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