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 | |
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