On the Stabilizing Effect of Predators and Competitors on Ecological Communities

Hofbauer, J. & Sigmund, K. (1989). On the Stabilizing Effect of Predators and Competitors on Ecological Communities. IIASA Working Paper. IIASA, Laxenburg, Austria: WP-89-020

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Abstract

Ecological communities can lose their permanence if a predator or a competitor is removed: the remaining species no linger coexist. This well known phenomenon is analyzed for some low dimensional examples of Lotka-Volterra type, with special attention paid to the occurrence of heteroclinic cycles.

Item Type: Monograph (IIASA Working Paper)
Research Programs: System and Decision Sciences - Core (SDS)
Depositing User: IIASA Import
Date Deposited: 15 Jan 2016 02:00
Last Modified: 27 Aug 2021 17:13
URI: https://pure.iiasa.ac.at/3324

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