ISSN:
1522-9602
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Mathematics
Notes:
Abstract Predator-prey models where one or more terms involve ratios of the predator and prey populations may not be valid mathematically unless it can be shown that solutions with positive initial conditions never get arbitrarily close to the axis in question, i.e. that persistence holds. By means of a transformation of variables, criteria for persistence are derived for two classes of such models, thereby leading to their validity. Although local extinction certainly is a common occurrence in nature, it cannot be modeled by systems which are ratio-dependent near the axes.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02460674