Effect of time-delay on a food chain model

This paper aims to study the effect of discrete time-delay on a tritrophic food chain model with Holling type-II functional responses. Dynamical behaviours such as boundedness, stability, persistence and bifurcation of the model are studied. Our analytical findings are illustrated through computer simulation. Biological implications of our analytical findings are addressed critically.

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