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| Publication date |
1989
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| Journal |
Acta Applicandae Mathematicae
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| Volume | Issue number |
14
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| Pages (from-to) |
23-35
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| Number of pages |
13
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| Organisations |
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Faculty of Science (FNWI) - Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED)
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| Abstract |
This paper is concerned with models for the interaction of plants, herbivores and their predators. We concentrate on situations in which local colonies of herbivores either over-exploit their host plant or are driven to extinction by predators. Starting from a complicated structured model, in which the local prey and predator density within patches is taken into account, we use time scale arguments to derive a three dimensional system of ordinary differential equations. The simplified system is analysed and the existence of multiple stable steady states is demonstrated.
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| Document type |
Article
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| Language |
English
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| Published at |
https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00046671
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