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Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 713503, 14 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/713503
Research Article
Multiple Periodic Solutions of a Ratio-Dependent Predator-Prey Discrete Model
College of Science, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, Hunan 410128, China
Received 29 September 2012; Accepted 6 December 2012
Academic Editor: Xiang Ping Yan
Copyright © 2012 Tiejun Zhou et al. 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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