Global asymptotic stability of a general stochastic Lotka–Volterra system with delays

This paper discusses a general stochastic Lotka–Volterra system with delays. Some conditions for the global asymptotic stability are established.     

Global asymptotic stability of a Lotka–Volterra competition model with stochasticity in inter-specific competition

In the paper we first propose a two-species Lotka–Volterra competition model with the stochastic terms related to the inter-specific competition rates and the coexistence equilibrium of the deterministic model. Then we establish the global asymptotic stability of the coexistence equilibrium. Finally, we provide some discussions and numerical examples to illustrate our mathematical results.     

Global asymptotic stability of Lotka–Volterra competition reaction–diffusion systems with time delays

This paper is concerned with a time-delayed Lotka–Volterra competition reaction–diffusion system with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions. Some explicit and easily verifiable conditions are obtained for the global asymptotic stability of all forms of nonnegative semitrivial constant steady-state solutions. These conditions involve only the competing rate constants and are independent of the diffusion–convection and time delays. The result of global asymptotic stability implies the nonexistence of positive steady-state solutions, and gives some extinction results of the competing species in the ecological sense. The instability of the trivial steady-state solution is also shown.     

Global asymptotic stability of Lotka–Volterra competition systems with diffusion and time delays

In the Lotka–Volterra competition system with N-competing species if the effect of dispersion and time-delays are both taken into consideration, then the densities of the competing species are governed by a coupled system of reaction–diffusion equations with time-delays. The aim of this paper is to investigate the asymptotic behavior of the time-dependent solution in relation to a positive uniform solution of the corresponding steady-state problem in a bounded domain with Neumann boundary condition, including the existence and uniqueness of a positive steady-state solution. A simple and easily verifiable condition is given to the competing rate constants to ensure the global asymptotic stability of the positive steady-state solution. This result leads to the permanence of the competing system, the instability of the trivial and all forms of semitrivial solutions, and the nonexistence of nonuniform steady-state solution. The condition for the global asymptotic stability is independent of diffusion and time-delays, and the conclusions for the reaction–diffusion system are directly applicable to the corresponding ordinary differential system.     

Almost periodic solutions of a discrete Lotka–Volterra competition system with delays

In this paper, we consider a discrete almost periodic Lotka–Volterra competition system with delays. Sufficient conditions are obtained for the permanence and global attractivity of the system. Further, by means of an almost periodic functional hull theory, we show that the almost periodic system has a unique strictly positive almost periodic solution, which is globally attractive. Some examples are presented to verify our main results.     

Global analysis of an impulsive delayed Lotka–Volterra competition system

In this paper, a retarded impulsive n-species Lotka–Volterra competition system with feedback controls is studied. Some sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee the global exponential stability and global asymptotic stability of a unique equilibrium for such a high-dimensional biological system. The problem considered in this paper is in many aspects more general and incorporates as special cases various problems which have been extensively studied in the literature. Moreover, applying the obtained results to some special cases, I derive some new criteria which generalize and greatly improve some well known results. A method is proposed to investigate biological systems subjected to the effect of both impulses and delays. The method is based on Banach fixed point theory and matrix’s spectral theory as well as Lyapunov function. Moreover, some novel analytic techniques are employed to study GAS and GES. It is believed that the method can be extended to other high-dimensional biological systems and complex neural networks. Finally, two examples show the feasibility of the results.     

Stability of a three-dimensional diffusive Lotka–Volterra system of type-K with delays

A three-dimensional diffusive Lotka–Volterra system of type-K with delays is investigated. We give a stability analysis in detail for all equilibria of the system and obtain some threshold conditions for linear instability and linear asymptotic stability of each equilibrium. We develop the analytical method for stability analysis of reaction–diffusion equations with multi-delays.     

Global behavior of solutions in a Lotka–Volterra predator–prey model with prey-stage structure

In this paper, the global behavior of solutions is investigated for a Lotka–Volterra predator–prey system with prey-stage structure. First, we can see that the stability properties of nonnegative equilibria for the weakly coupled reaction–diffusion system are similar to that for the corresponding ODE system, that is, linear self-diffusions do not drive instability. Second, using Sobolev embedding theorems and bootstrap arguments, the existence and uniqueness of nonnegative global classical solution for the strongly coupled cross-diffusion system are proved when the space dimension is less than 10. Finally, the existence and uniform boundedness of global solutions and the stability of the positive equilibrium point for the cross-diffusion system are studied when the space dimension is one. It is found that the cross-diffusion system is dissipative if the diffusion matrix is positive definite. Furthermore, cross diffusions cannot induce pattern formation if the linear diffusion rates are sufficiently large.     

Traveling wave front in diffusive and competitive Lotka–Volterra system with delays

Existence of travelling wave front solution is established for diffusive and competitive Lotka–Volterra system with delays. The approach used in this paper is the upper-lower solution technique and the monotone iteration. The same results are suitable to Belousov–Zhabotinskii model with delays and cooperative Lotka–Volterra system with delays.     

Global directed dynamics of a Lotka–Volterra competition-diffusion system

In this study, we consider a directed–diffusion system describing the interactions between two organisms in heterogeneous environment. We first establish a linearly stability of the co-existence (positive) steady state. Then we further present a classification on all possible long-time dynamical behaviors by appealing to the theory of monotone dynamical systems.     

Direction of Hopf bifurcation in a delayed Lotka–Volterra competition diffusion system

This paper is concerned with a delayed Lotka–Volterra two species competition diffusion system with a single discrete delay and subject to homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. The main purpose is to investigate the direction of Hopf bifurcation resulting from the increase of delay. By applying the implicit function theorem, it is shown that the system under consideration can undergo a supercritical Hopf bifurcation near the spatially inhomogeneous positive stationary solution when the delay crosses through a sequence of critical values.     

Global stability and pattern formation in a nonlocal diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition model

A diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition model with nonlocal intraspecific and interspecific competition between species is formulated and analyzed. The nonlocal competition strength is assumed to be determined by a diffusion kernel function to model the movement pattern of the biological species. It is shown that when there is no nonlocal intraspecific competition, the dynamics properties of nonlocal diffusive competition problem are similar to those of classical diffusive Lotka–Volterra competition model regardless of the strength of nonlocal interspecific competition. Global stability of nonnegative constant equilibria are proved using Lyapunov or upper–lower solution methods. On the other hand, strong nonlocal intraspecific competition increases the system spatiotemporal dynamic complexity. For the weak competition case, the nonlocal diffusive competition model may possess nonconstant positive equilibria for some suitably large nonlocal intraspecific competition coefficients.     

Positive solutions for Lotka–Volterra competition system with large cross-diffusion in a spatially heterogeneous environment

In this paper, we study the stationary problem for the Lotka–Volterra competition system with cross-diffusion in a spatially heterogeneous environment. Although some sufficient conditions for the existence of positive solutions are obtained by using global bifurcation theory, the information for their structure is far from complete. In order to get better understanding of the competition system with cross-diffusion, we focus on the asymptotic behaviour of positive solutions and derive two shadow systems as the cross-diffusion coefficient tends to infinity, moreover, the structure of positive solutions of the limiting system is analysed. The result of asymptotic behaviour also reveals different phenomena from that studied in Wang and Li (2013).     

Permanence and extinction in competitive Lotka–Volterra systems with delays

In this paper, a class of competitive Lotka–Volterra systems are considered that have distributed delays and constant coefficients on interaction terms and have time dependent growth rate vectors with an asymptotic average. Under the assumption that all proper subsystems are permanent, it is shown that the asymptotic behaviour of the system is determined by the relationship between an equilibrium and a nullcline plane of the corresponding autonomous system: if the equilibrium is below the plane then the system is permanent; if the equilibrium is above the plane then this species will go extinct in an exponential rate while the other species will survive. Similar asymptotic behaviour is also retained under an alternative assumption.     

Competition in a patchy environment with cross-diffusion in a three-dimensional Lotka–Volterra system

In this paper, we formulate a three-dimensional competitive Lotka–Volterra system in two patches in which the per capita migration rate of each species is influenced not only by its own density but also by another’s density. That is to say, there is cross-diffusion present in the Lotka–Volterra system. We first show that there is a critical value of the bifurcation parameter at which the system undergoes a Turing bifurcation under the effect of cross-diffusion, in theory. At the same time, we also give the results of numerical studies. Our work illustrates that the cross-migration response is an important factor that should not be ignored for this kind of system.