On a generalized Yorke condition for scalar delayed population models (Q1770193)

Several theorems on global asymptotic stability of the zero solution and of periodic solutions to nonautonomous delay equations are given. These equations, after transformation, are of the type \[ \dot x(t) = (1+x(t)) F(t,x_t). \] The condition for stability is of the type: negative feedback plus a Lipschitz-type condition (involving the expression \( \frac{x}{1+bx}\)) with a sufficiently small constant. One main tool in the case of oscillatory solutions is the detailed analysis of the solution behavior between a zero and the subsequent minimum or maximum. The results contain and extend a major part of related results in the literature. About four concrete examples, preferably from mathematical biology, are included.