Solved: Homeostasis refers to a state in which the nutrient content of a consumer is

Chapter 7, Problem 52

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Homeostasis refers to a state in which the nutrient content of a consumer is independent of the nutrient content of its food. In the absence of homeostasis, a model proposed by Sterner and Elser is given bydy dx1 y x where and represent the nutrient content of the food and the consumer, respectively, and is a constant with . (a) Solve the differential equation. (b) What happens when ? What happens when ?

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