Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2006 (2006), Article ID 70656, 19 pages
doi:10.1155/DDNS/2006/70656

Dynamics of a nonautonomous semiratio-dependent predator-prey system with nonmonotonic functional responses

Hai-Feng Huo1 and Wan-Tong Li2

1Department of Applied Mathematics, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050, Gansu, China
2School of Mathematics and Statistics, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, Gansu, China

Received 14 February 2006; Accepted 25 April 2006

Copyright © 2006 Hai-Feng Huo and Wan-Tong Li. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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