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In this contribution we study asymptotic methods for differential equation models of physiological and ecological phenomena. In a survey of the literature special attention is given to the Hopf bifurcation, almost linear oscillations, relaxation oscillations, nonlinear reaction-diffusion and to the change in stability of an ecological system due to periodic forcing.

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Grasman, J. (1983). Asymptotic methods in mathematical biology. In: Verhulst, F. (eds) Asymptotic Analysis II —. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 985. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0062363

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