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Successive Canard Explosions in a Singularly Perturbed Spruce-Budworm Model with Holling-II Functional Response
  
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KeyWord:Spruce-Budworm model, geometric singular perturbation theory, canard explosion, inverse canard explosion
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Liyan Zhong School of Basic Medical Sciences, Youjiang Medical University for Nationalities, Baise, 533000, China 
Jianhe Shen College of Mathematics and Statistics, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China
FJKLMAA and Center for Applied Mathematics of Fujian Province (FJNU), Fuzhou, Fujian 350007, China 
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Abstract:
      By combining geometric singular perturbation theory (GSPT) with qualitative method, this paper analyzes the phenomenon of successive canard explosions in a singularly perturbed Spruce-Budworm model with Holling-II functional response. We select suitable parameters such that the critical curve is $S$-shaped, and the full model only admits a unique equilibrium. Then, under the variation of the breaking parameter, it is found that a canard explosion followed by an inverse canard explosion successively occurs in this model. That is, a relaxation oscillation arises via the first canard explosion, which persists for a large interval of parameter until it vanishes via the so-called inverse canard explosion. All these theoretical predictions are verified by numerical simulations.