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Metastability of forest ecosystems infested by bark beetles

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A simple two-species differential equation model is used to investigate the intrinsic metastability of forest ecosystems subjected to bark beetle infestations. We demonstrate that only one globally stable node or limit cycle is likely under biologically plausible conditions, but that, in the former case, this equilibrium is very sensitive to external perturbation.

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  1. Department of Entomology, Washington State University, 99164, Pullman, Washington, USA

    Alan A. Berryman

  2. Department of Biology, Division of Zoology, University of Oslo, Blindern, P. O. Box 1050, N-0316, Oslo 3, Norway

    Nils Chr Stenseth

  3. Department of Mathematics, Washington State University, 99146, Pullman, Washington, USA

    David J. Wollkind

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Berryman, A.A., Stenseth, N.C. & Wollkind, D.J. Metastability of forest ecosystems infested by bark beetles. Res Popul Ecol 26, 13–29 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02515505

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