scholarly journals A Stage-Structured Predator-Prey Model in a Patchy Environment

Complexity ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Xuejuan Lu ◽  
Yuming Chen ◽  
Shengqiang Liu

In this paper, we propose a stage-structured predator-prey model with migrations among patches in an n-patch environment. The net reproduction number for each patch in isolation is obtained along with the net reproduction number of the system of patches, ℛ0. Inequalities describing the relationship among these numbers are also given. Furthermore, threshold dynamics determined by ℛ0 is established: the predator dies out if ℛ0<1 while the predator persists if ℛ0>1. Focusing on the case with two patches, we obtain that the dispersal decreases the net reproduction number ℛ0. By numerical simulations, we find that the dispersal may be a good thing or a bad thing because the dispersal could make the predator population thrive or extinct, and hence we might seek steady state in the ecological environment by controlling parameters related to the prey and the predator.

1995 ◽  
Vol 32 (01) ◽  
pp. 274-277
Author(s):  
John Coffey

A new stochastic predator-prey model is introduced. The predator population X(t) is described by a linear birth-and-death process with birth rate λ 1 X and death rate μ 1 X. The prey population Y(t) is described by a linear birth-and-death process in which the birth rate is λ 2 Y and the death rate is . It is proven that and iff


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Chunqing Wu ◽  
Shengming Fan ◽  
Patricia J. Y. Wong

We study two discrete predator-prey models in patchy environment, one without dispersal corridors and one with dispersal corridors. Dispersal corridors are passes that allow the migration of species from one patch to another and their existence may influence the permanence of the model. We will offer sufficient conditions to guarantee the permanence of the two predator-prey models. By comparing the two permanence criteria, we discuss the effects of dispersal corridors on the permanence of the predator-prey model. It is found that the dispersion of the prey from one patch to another is helpful to the permanence of the prey if the population growth of the prey is density dependent; however, this dispersion of the prey could be disadvantageous or advantageous to the permanence of the predator. Five numerical examples are presented to confirm the theoretical results obtained and to illustrate the effects of dispersal corridors on the permanence of the predator-prey model.


2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (02n03) ◽  
pp. 345-365 ◽  
Author(s):  
SUDIP SAMANTA ◽  
RIKHIYA DHAR ◽  
IBRAHIM M. ELMOJTABA ◽  
JOYDEV CHATTOPADHYAY

In this paper, we propose and analyze a predator–prey model with a prey refuge and additional food for predators. We study the impact of a prey refuge on the stability dynamics, when a constant proportion or a constant number of prey moves to the refuge area. The system dynamics are studied using both analytical and numerical techniques. We observe that the prey refuge can replace the predator–prey oscillations by a stable equilibrium if the refuge size crosses a threshold value. It is also observed that, if the refuge size is very high, then the extinction of the predator population is certain. Further, we observe that enhancement of additional food for predators prevents the extinction of the predator and also replaces the stable limit cycle with a stable equilibrium. Our results suggest that additional food for the predators enhances the stability and persistence of the system. Extensive numerical experiments are performed to illustrate our analytical findings.


2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (09) ◽  
pp. 2050137
Author(s):  
Danxia Song ◽  
Yongli Song ◽  
Chao Li

In this paper, we are concerned with a diffusive predator–prey model where the functional response follows the predator cooperation in hunting and the growth of the prey obeys the Allee effect. Firstly, the existence and stability of the positive equilibrium are explicitly determined by the local system parameters. It is shown that the ability of the hunting cooperation can affect the existence of the positive equilibrium and stability, and the intrinsic growth rate of the predator population does not affect the existence of the positive equilibrium, but affects the stability. Then the diffusion-driven Turing instability is investigated and the Turing bifurcation value is obtained, and we conclude that when the ability of the cooperation in hunting is weaker than some critical value, there is no Turing instability. The standard weakly nonlinear analysis method is employed to derive the amplitude equations of the Turing bifurcation, which is used to predict the types of the spatial patterns. And it is found that in the Turing instability region, with the parameter changing from approaching Turing bifurcation value to approaching Hopf bifurcation value, spatial patterns emerge from spot, spot-stripe to stripe. Finally, the numerical simulations are used to support the analytical results.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Zhenguo Luo ◽  
Liping Luo ◽  
Liu Yang ◽  
Zhenghui Gao ◽  
Yunhui Zeng

An impulsive Lotka-Volterra type predator-prey model with prey dispersal in two-patch environments and time delays is investigated, where we assume the model of patches with a barrier only as far as the prey population is concerned, whereas the predator population has no barriers between patches. By applying the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory and by means of a suitable Lyapunov functional, a set of easily verifiable sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee the existence, uniqueness, and global stability of positive periodic solutions of the system. Some known results subject to the underlying systems without impulses are improved and generalized. As an application, we also give two examples to illustrate the feasibility of our main results.


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