Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection

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    The third wheel: How red squirrels affect the dynamics of the lynx-snowshoe hare relationship

    Year: 2017, 2017
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Chan, Kevin Wai, Thesis advisor (ths): Murray, Dennis L, Degree committee member (dgc): Feng, Wenying, Degree committee member (dgc): Row, Jeff, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>Population cycles are regular fluctuations in population densities, however, in recent years many cycles have begun to disappear. With Canada lynx this dampening has also been seen with decreasing latitude corresponding to an increase in prey diversity. My study investigates the role of alternate prey on the stability of the lynx-hare cycle by first comparing the functional responses of… more

    Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problems of Second Order Ordinary Differential Equations

    Year: 2017, 2017
    Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
    Name(s): Creator (cre): Zhang, Yanlei, Thesis advisor (ths): Feng, Wenying, Thesis advisor (ths): Abdella, Kenzu, Degree granting institution (dgg): Trent University
    Abstract: <p>In this thesis, we study modelling with non-linear ordinary differential equations, and the existence of positive solutions for Boundary Value Problems (BVPs). These problems have wide applications in many areas. The focus is on the extensions of previous work done on non-linear second-order differential equations with boundary conditions involving first-order derivative. The… more