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Substitution
at
x(n) = y(n) (6.6)
1 + at
reduces (6.5) to
1.4
1.2
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
t
1 2 3 4 5
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
t
1 2 3 4 5
y(n + 1) producing
(1 + at)y(n)
y(n + 1) =
1 + aty(n)
and we recognize the Beverton-Holt-Hassel equation with
R0 = 1 + at (and K = 1).
Consider now the logistic equation
0 N
N = rN 1 .
K
The first type of discretization immediately produces the
discrete logistic equation (1.24)
Nk
Nk+1 = Nk + rNk 1 ,
K
solutions of which, as we shall see later, behave in a dramat-
ically different way that those of the continuous equation.
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This is in contrast to the exponential growth equation dis-
cussed earlier.
To use the time-one map discretization, we re-write (4.14)
as
N0 ert
N (t) = rt .
1 + e K1 N0
which, upon denoting er = R0 gives the time-one map
N0 R0
N (1, N0 ) = ,
1 + R0K1 N0
which, according to the discussion above, yields the Beverton-
Holt model
Nk R0
Nk+1 = ,
1 + R0K1 Nk
with the discrete intrinsic growth rate related to the con-
tinuous one in the same way as in the exponential growth
equation.