Ok Denote the owl and wood rat populations at time k by xk = Rk where k is in months, Ok is the number of owls, and R is the number of rats (in thousands). Suppose OK and RK satisfy the equations below. Determine the evolution of the dynamical system. (Give a formula for XK.) As time passes, what happens to the sizes of the owl and wood rat populations? The system tends toward what is sometimes called an unstable equilibrium. What might happen to the system if some aspect of the model (such as birth rates or the predation rate) were to change slightly? Ok+ 1 = (0.4)0k + (0.9)Rk Rk+1=(-0.2)0k +(1.3) Rk

Ok Denote the owl and wood rat populations at time k by xk = Rk where k is in months, Ok is the number of owls, and R is the number of rats (in thousands). Suppose OK and RK satisfy the equations below. Determine the evolution of the dynamical system. (Give a formula for XK.) As time passes, what happens to the sizes of the owl and wood rat populations? The system tends toward what is sometimes called an unstable equilibrium. What might happen to the system if some aspect of the model (such as birth rates or the predation rate) were to change slightly? Ok+ 1 = (0.4)0k + (0.9)Rk Rk+1=(-0.2)0k +(1.3) Rk

Calculus For The Life Sciences

2nd Edition

ISBN:9780321964038

Author:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Publisher:GREENWELL, Raymond N., RITCHEY, Nathan P., Lial, Margaret L.

Chapter9: Multivariable Calculus

Section9.2: Partial Derivatives

Problem 52E

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