Asymptotic behaviour for a class of non-monotone delay differential systems with applications (Q1993994)

By adding a non-monotone delayed perturbation to a linear homogeneous cooperative system of ordinary differential equations, this paper concerns a class of $n$-dimensional non-autonomous delay differential equations. By exploiting the stability and the monotone character of the linear ODE, the authors establish sufficient conditions for both the extinction of all the populations and the permanence of the system. As an application, the extinction, persistence and permanence of a non-autonomous Nicholson system with patch structure and multiple time-dependent delays are analysed.