Stationary distribution and extinction for a food chain chemostat model with random perturbation

In this paper, we study the dynamical behavior of a stochastic food chain chemostat model, in which the white noise is proportional to the variables. Firstly, we prove the existence and uniqueness of the global positive solution. Then by constructing suitable Lyapunov functions, we show the system has a unique ergodic stationary distribution. Furthermore, the extinction of microorganisms is discussed in two cases. In one case, both the prey and the predator species are extinct, and in the other case, the prey species is surviving and the predator species is extinct. Finally, numerical experiments are performed for supporting the theoretical results.     

Stationary distribution and extinction of a stochastic predator–prey model with distributed delay

In this paper, we focus on a stochastic predator–prey model with distributed delay. We first obtain the existence of a stationary distribution to the positive solutions by stochastic Lyapunov function method. Then we establish sufficient conditions for extinction of the predator population, that is, the prey population is survival and the predator population is extinct.     

Extinction and permanence of the predator–prey system with stocking of prey and harvesting of predator impulsively

In this paper, a predator–prey system with stocking of prey and harvesting of predator impulsively is studied. Here, the prey population is stocked with a constant quantity and the predator population is harvested at a rate proportional to the species itself at fixed moments. Under some conditions, the existence and global asymptotic stability of the boundary periodic solution are proved, which implies that the system will be extinct; and given some different restrictions, ultimate positive upper and lower bounds of all solutions are obtained, showing the system being permanent. At last, two examples are given to illustrate our results. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Modeling herd behavior in population systems

In this paper, we show that under suitable simple assumptions the classical two populations system may exhibit unexpected behaviors. Considering a more elaborated social model, in which the individuals of one population gather together in herds, while the other one shows a more individualistic behavior, we model the fact that interactions among the two occur mainly through the perimeter of the herd. We account for all types of populations’ interactions, symbiosis, competition and the predator–prey interactions. There is a situation in which competitive exclusion does not hold: the socialized herd behavior prevents the competing individualistic population from becoming extinct. For the predator–prey case, sustained limit cycles are possible, the existence of Hopf bifurcations representing a distinctive feature of this model compared with other classical predator–prey models. The system’s behavior is fully captured by just one suitably introduced new threshold parameter, defined in terms of the original model parameters.     

A predator–prey model with disease in the prey species only

A predator–prey model with transmissible disease in the prey species is proposed and analysed. The essential mathematical features are analysed with the help of equilibrium, local and global stability analyses and bifurcation theory. We find four possible equilibria. One is where the populations are extinct. Another is where the disease and predator populations are extinct and we find conditions for global stability of this. A third is where both types of prey exist but no predators. The fourth has all three types of individuals present and we find conditions for limit cycles to arise by Hopf bifurcation. Experimental data simulation and brief discussion conclude the paper. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类基于比率的捕食-食饵系统的参数分析

研究一类基于比率和具第Ⅲ类功能性反应的捕食-食饵系统.对系统进行较为完整的参数分析.得到了奇点全局渐近稳定的条件,并且指出,系统的持续生存不仅与参数有关,还与其初值有关.     

Dynamics of a Stochastic Predator–Prey Model with Stage Structure for Predator and Holling Type II Functional Response

In this paper, we develop and study a stochastic predator–prey model with stage structure for predator and Holling type II functional response. First of all, by constructing a suitable stochastic Lyapunov function, we establish sufficient conditions for the existence and uniqueness of an ergodic stationary distribution of the positive solutions to the model. Then, we obtain sufficient conditions for extinction of the predator populations in two cases, that is, the first case is that the prey population survival and the predator populations extinction; the second case is that all the prey and predator populations extinction. The existence of a stationary distribution implies stochastic weak stability. Numerical simulations are carried out to demonstrate the analytical results.     

Persistence in nonautonomous predator–prey systems with infinite delays

This paper studies the general nonautonomous predator–prey Lotka–Volterra systems with infinite delays. The sufficient and necessary conditions of integrable form on the permanence and persistence of species are established. A very interesting and important property of two-species predator–prey systems is discovered, that is, the permanence of species and the existence of a persistent solution are each other equivalent. Particularly, for the periodic system with delays, applying these results, the sufficient and necessary conditions on the permanence and the existence of positive periodic solutions are obtained. Some well-known results on the nondelayed periodic predator–prey Lotka–Volterra systems are strongly improved and extended to the delayed case.     

Permanence for a class of periodic time-dependent predator–prey system with dispersal in a patchy-environment

In this paper, we study two species predator–prey Lotka–Volterra type dispersal system with periodic coefficients in two patches, in which both the prey and predator species can disperse between two patches. By utilizing analytic method, sufficient and realistic conditions on permanence and the existence of periodic solution are established. The theoretical results are confirmed by a special example and numerical simulations.     

A MICRO‐LEVEL ‘CONSUMER APPROACH’ TO SPECIES POPULATION DYNAMICS

ABSTRACT. In this paper we develop a micro ecosystem model whose basic entities are representative organisms which behave as if maximizing their net offspring under constraints. Net offspring is increasing in prey biomass intake, declining in the loss of own biomass to predators and Allee's law applies. The organism's constraint reflects its perception of how scarce its own biomass and the biomass of its prey is. In the short‐run periods prices (scarcity indicators) coordinate and determine all biomass transactions and net offspring which directly translates into population growth functions. We are able to explicitly determine these growth functions for a simple food web when specific parametric net offspring functions are chosen in the micro‐level ecosystem model. For the case of a single species our model is shown to yield the well‐known Verhulst‐Pearl logistic growth function. With two species in predator‐prey relationship, we derive differential equations whose dynamics are completely characterized and turn out to be similar to the predator‐prey model with Michaelis‐Menten type functional response. With two species competing for a single resource we find that coexistence is a knife‐edge feature confirming Tschirhart's [2002] result in a different but related model.     

Permanence and extinction of periodic predator–prey systems in a patchy environment with delay

This paper studies two species predator–prey Lotka–Volterra type dispersal systems with periodic coefficients and infinite delays, in which the prey species can disperse among n-patches, but the predator species is confined to one patch and cannot disperse. Sufficient and necessary conditions of integrable form for the permanence, extinction and the existence of positive periodic solutions are established, respectively. Some well-known results on the nondelayed periodic predator–prey Lotka–Volterra type dispersal systems are improved and extended to the delayed case.     

The impact of Allee effect on a predator–prey system with Holling type II functional response

In this paper, the Allee effect is incorporated into a predator–prey model with Holling type II functional response. Compared with the predator–prey model without Allee effect, we find that the Allee effect of prey species increases the extinction risk of both predators and prey. When the handling time of predators is relatively short and the Allee effect of prey species becomes strong, both predators and prey may become extinct. Moreover, it is shown that the model with Allee effect undergoes the Hopf bifurcation and heteroclinic bifurcation. The Allee effect of prey species can lead to unstable periodical oscillation. It is also found that the positive equilibrium of the model could change from stable to unstable, and then to stable when the strength of Allee effect or the handling time of predators increases continuously from zero, that is, the model admits stability switches as a parameter changes. When the Allee effect of prey species becomes strong, longer handling time of predators may stabilize the coexistent steady state.     

Effects of prey refuge on a ratio-dependent predator–prey model with stage-structure of prey population

In this paper, a stage-structured predator–prey model is proposed and analyzed to study how the type of refuges used by prey population influences the dynamic behavior of the model. Two types of refuges: those that protect a fixed number of prey and those that protect a constant proportion of prey are considered. Mathematical analyses with regard to positivity, boundedness, equilibria and their stabilities, and bifurcation are carried out. Persistence condition which brings out the useful relationship between prey refuge parameter and maturation time delay is established. Comparing the conclusions obtained from analyzing properties of two types of refuges using by prey, we observe that value of maturation time at which the prey population and hence predator population go extinct is greater in case of refuges which protect a constant proportion of prey.     

食饵具有常投放的一类稀疏效应捕食系统

本文讨论食饵具有常投放的一类稀疏效应的一般捕食系统 (1) ,利用对此系统 (1)在第一象限内轨线的拓朴分类 ,分别给出了捕食者种群必将灭绝或持续生存的条件 .     

On Nonautonomous Prey predator Patchy System

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Permanence,extinction and periodic solution of the predator–prey system with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and stage structure for prey

In this paper, we study the permanence, extinction and periodic solution of the periodic predator–prey system with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response and stage structure for prey. A set of sufficient and necessary conditions which guarantee the predator and prey species to be permanent are obtained. In addition, sufficient conditions are derived for the existence of positive periodic solutions to the system. Numeric simulations show the feasibility of the main results.     

Dynamics of an intraguild predation food web model with strong Allee effect in the basal prey

Since intraguild predation (IGP) is a ubiquitous and important community module in nature and Allee effect has strong impact on population dynamics, in this paper we propose a three-species IGP food web model consisted of the IG predator, IG prey and basal prey, in which the basal prey follows a logistic growth with strong Allee effect. We investigate the local and global dynamics of the model with emphasis on the impact of strong Allee effect. First, positivity and boundedness of solutions are studied. Then existence and stability of the boundary and interior equilibria are presented and the Hopf bifurcation curve at an interior equilibrium is given. The existence of a Hopf bifurcation curve indicates that if competition between the IG prey and IG predator for the basal resource lies below the curve then the interior equilibrium remains stable, while if it lies above the curve then the interior equilibrium loses its stability. In order to explore the impact of Allee effect, the parameter space is classified into sixteen different regions and, in each region, the number of interior equilibria is determined and the corresponding bifurcation diagrams on the Allee threshold are given. The extinction parameter regions of at least one species and the necessary coexistence parameter regions of all three species are provided. In addition, we explore possible dynamical patterns, i.e., the existence of multiple attractors. By theoretical analysis and numerical simulations, we show that the model can have one (i.e. extinction of all species), two (i.e. bi-stability) or three (i.e. tri-stability) attractors. It is also found by simulations that when there exists a unique stable interior equilibrium, the model may generate multiple attracting periodic orbits and the coexistence of all three species is enhanced as the competition between the IG prey and IG predator for the basal resource is close to the Hopf bifurcation curve from below. Our results indicate that the intraguild predation food web model exhibits rich and complex dynamic behaviors and strong Allee effect in the basal prey increases the extinction risk of not only the basal prey but also the IG prey or/and IG predator.     

一类食物链模型的全局定性分析

文系统地研究了由一个食饵种群和两个捕食者种群所构成的食物链系统.结论表明：种群间的相互作用可以导致两个捕食者种群灭绝或一个捕食者种群灭绝,或者所有三个种群能以稳定的正平衡态或振动解的形式共存.利用MATLAB软件,该文提供了两个例子来模拟这些结论.     

A nonautonomous predator–prey system with stage structure and double time delays

In the present paper we study a nonautonomous predator–prey model with stage structure and double time delays due to maturation time for both prey and predator. We assume that the immature and mature individuals of each species are divided by a fixed age, and the mature predator only attacks the immature prey. Based on some comparison arguments we discuss the permanence of the species. By virtue of the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, we prove the existence of positive periodic solution. By means of constructing an appropriate Lyapunov functional, we obtain sufficient conditions for the uniqueness and the global stability of positive periodic solution. Two examples are given to illustrate the feasibility of our main results.     

Dynamics of a stochastic three species prey-predator model with intraguild predation

Intraguild predation is ubiquitous in many ecological communities. This paper is concerned with a stochastic three species prey-predator model with intraguild predation. The model involves a prey, an intermediate predator which preys on only prey and an omnivorous top predator which preys on both prey and intermediate predator. First, we show the existence of a unique positive global solution of the model. Then we mainly establish the sufficient conditions for the extinction and persistence in the mean of each population. Moreover, we show that the model is stable in distribution. Finally, some numerical simulations are given to illustrate the main results.