Attracting theorems for cyclic sets and impermanence (Q1306971)

The author deals with the general ecological differential equations \(x_i'= f_i(x_1,\dots, x_n)\), \(i= 1,\dots, n\), with \(f_i\in C^1(\mathbb{R}^n_+, \mathbb{R}_+)\). Using the method of average Lyapunov functions the author proves attraction theorems of a cyclic set \(\Gamma\) connecting nonempty compact (isolated) invariant sets \(M_i\) on the boundary of \(\mathbb{R}^n_+\). The author provides various applications of his main result.