?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4524%2F&rft.title=On+the+Role+of+Body+Size+in+a+Tri-Trophic+Metapopulation+Model&rft.creator=Rinaldi%2C+S.&rft.creator=Dal+Bo%2C+S.&rft.creator=De+Nittis%2C+E.&rft.description=A+particular+tri-trophic+(resource%2C+prey%2C+predator)+metapopulation+model+with+dispersal+of+preys+and+predators+is+considered+in+this+paper.+The+analysis+is+carried+out+numerically%2C+by+finding+the+bifurcations+of+the+equilibria+and+of+the+limit+cycles+with+respect+to+prey+and+predator+body+sizes.+Two+routes+to+chaos+are+identified.+One+is+characterized+by+an+intriguing+cascade+of+flip+and+tangent+bifurcations+of+limit+cycles%2C+while+the+other+corresponds+to+the+crisis+of+a+strange+attractor.+The+results+are+summarized+by+partitioning+the+space+of+body+sizes+in+eight+subregions%2C+each+one+of+which+is+associated+to+a+different+asymptotic+behavior+of+the+system.+Emphasis+is+put+on+the+possibility+of+having+different+modes+of+coexistence+(stationary%2C+cyclic%2C+and+chaotic)+and%2For+extinction+of+the+predator+population.&rft.publisher=WP-95-072&rft.date=1995-07&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=text&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fid%2Feprint%2F4524%2F1%2FWP-95-072.pdf&rft.identifier=++Rinaldi%2C+S.+%3Chttps%3A%2F%2Fpure.iiasa.ac.at%2Fview%2Fiiasa%2F253.html%3E%2C+Dal+Bo%2C+S.%2C+%26+De+Nittis%2C+E.++(1995).++On+the+Role+of+Body+Size+in+a+Tri-Trophic+Metapopulation+Model.+++IIASA+Working+Paper.+IIASA%2C+Laxenburg%2C+Austria%3A+WP-95-072+++++