Research Article

Global Dynamics and Bifurcations Analysis of a Two-Dimensional Discrete-Time Lotka-Volterra Model

Table 1

Number of equilibria along with qualitative behavior.

EP Corresponding behavior

Sink if and ; source if and ; saddle if and ; nonhyperbolic if or .

Sink if and ; never source; saddle if and ; nonhyperbolic if .

Sink if and ; never source; saddle if and ; nonhyperbolic if .

 Locally asymptotically stable if .
 Unstable if
Locally asymptotically stable if and only if
Repeller if and only if
,
Saddle if and only if
,
Nonhyperbolic if and only if
Locally asymptotically stable focus if
Unstable focus if
Nonhyperbolic (under which the eigenvalues are a pair of complex conjugates with modulus 1) if