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Multiparameter bifurcation diagrams in predator-prey models with time lag

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A predator-prey model is considered in which prey is limited by the carrying capacity of the environment, and predator growth rate depends on past quantities of prey. Conditions for stability of an equilibrium, and its bifurcation are established taking into account all the parameters.

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Farkas, A., Farkas, M. & Szabó, G. Multiparameter bifurcation diagrams in predator-prey models with time lag. J. Math. Biology 26, 93–103 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00280175

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