Apr 15,2018 Scientific research & Postgraduate Studies

A Nonautonomous Beverton–Holt Equation of Higher Order

Researchers

Martin Bohner, Fozi M. Dannan, Sabrina Streipert

Published in

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, Volume 457, Issue 1, 1 January 2018, Pages 114-133

Abstract

In this paper, we discuss a certain nonautonomous Beverton–Holt equation of higher order. After a brief introduction to the classical Beverton–Holt equation and recent results, we solve the higher-order Beverton–Holt equation by rewriting the recurrence relation as a difference system of order one. In this process, we examine the existence and uniqueness of a periodic solution and its global attractivity. We continue our analysis by studying the corresponding second Cushing–Henson conjecture, i.e., by relating the average of the unique periodic solution to the average of the carrying capacity.

Key words: Beverton–Holt equation, Periodic environment, Logistic substitution, Matrix difference system, Periodic solution.

Link to read full paper

http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jmaa.2017.07.051