TESTING FOR STABILITY IN A PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM

Authors
SOLOW AR SHERMAN K
Citation
Ar. Solow et K. Sherman, TESTING FOR STABILITY IN A PREDATOR-PREY SYSTEM, Ecology, 78(8), 1997, pp. 2624-2627
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Ecology
Journal title
Ecology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00129658
Volume
78
Issue
8
Year of publication
1997
Pages
2624 - 2627
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-9658(1997)78:8<2624:TFSIAP>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
This report describes a test for stability in a predator-prey system. The test is based on a parametric bootstrap applied under a model in w hich the predator-prey dynamics are log-linear. The test is illustrate d using two published data sets. Some simulation results are presented showing that the test performs reasonably well when the predator-prey dynamics are nonlinear at the logarithmic scale.