Persistence and global stability for a class of discrete time structured population models (Q379604)

The authors study the discrete-time dynamical system \(x_{n+1}=Ax_n+f(c^T x_n)b\) \(n\geq 0\), as a model for the dynamics of a stage structured population. \(A\) is a bounded positive linear operator with spectral radius less than 1, \(b\) is a positive vector, \(c^T\) denotes a positive bounded linear functional, and \(f:[0,\infty)\rightarrow[0,\infty)\). They obtain sharp conditions distinguishing extinction from persistence and provide sufficient conditions for global stability of a positive fixed point.