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Global asymptotic stability in Volterra's population systems

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Sufficient conditions which can be verified easily are obtained for the global asymptotic stability of the positive steady state in Volterra's population system incorporating hereditary effects.

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Gopalsamy, K. Global asymptotic stability in Volterra's population systems. J. Math. Biology 19, 157–168 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00277744

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