Global dynamics of delayed sigmoid Beverton-Holt equation (Q782055)

Summary: In this paper, certain dynamic scenarios for general competitive maps in the plane are presented and applied to some cases of second-order difference equation \(x_{n + 1}=f(x_n, x_{n - 1})\), \(n=0,1,\ldots \), where \(f\) is decreasing in the variable \(x_n\) and increasing in the variable \(x_{n - 1}\). As a case study, we use the difference equation \(x_{n + 1}=(x_{n - 1}^2 / (c x_{n - 1}^2 + d x_n + f))\), \(n=0,1,\ldots \), where the initial conditions \(x_{- 1}, x_0\geq0\) and the parameters satisfy \(c,d,f>0\). In this special case, we characterize completely the global dynamics of this equation by finding the basins of attraction of its equilibria and periodic solutions. We describe the global dynamics as a sequence of global transcritical or period-doubling bifurcations.