Solution

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At an equilibrium, each product in
must vanish. This gives the two parameter-independent equilibria
the equilibria on
and the equilibria with both coordinates nonzero
where matching signs are used.
The pair is born at , suggesting a saddle-node bifurcation. At , one of these equilibria meets , suggesting a transcritical bifurcation, while the two equilibria near are simultaneously born in a saddle-node. At , the minus branch meets , suggesting another transcritical bifurcation. At , that branch meets the equilibrium , again suggesting a transcritical bifurcation. Thus the bifurcation parameter values are

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