Competition models with Allee effects

In this paper, we study a generalized two-species contest-competition model with an Allee effect. We provide a complete analysis of the global dynamics of the system. In particular, we determine all the invariant manifolds, the extinction, the exclusion and the coexistence regions. We use tools from topology and dynamical systems to show that all orbits must converge to one of the equilibrium points of the system. The analysis shows that there are several potential scenarios including competition coexistence, exclusion and extinction.     

An extended discrete Ricker population model with Allee effects

Based on the classical discrete Ricker population model, we incorporate Allee effects by assuming rectangular hyperbola, or Holling-II type functional form, for the birth or growth function and formulate an extended Ricker model. We explore the dynamics features of the extended Ricker model. We obtain domains of attraction for the trivial fixed point. We determine conditions for the existence and stability of positive fixed points and find regions where there exist no positive fixed points, two positive fixed points one of which is stable and two positive fixed points both of which are unstable. We demonstrate that the model exhibits period-doubling bifurcations and investigate the existence and stability of the cycles. We also confirm that Allee effects have stabilization effects, by different measures, through numerical simulations.     

Dynamics in a discrete-time predator-prey system with Allee effect

In this paper, dynamics of the discrete-time predator-prey system with Allee effect are investigated in detail. Conditions of the existence for flip bifurcation and Hopf bifurcation are derived by using the center manifold theorem and bifurcation theory, and then further illustrated by numerical simulations. Chaos in the sense of Marotto is proved by both analytical and numerical methods. Numerical simulations included bifurcation diagrams, Lyapunov exponents, phase portraits, fractal dimensions display new and rich dynamical behavior. More specifically, apart from stable dynamics, this paper presents the finding of chaos in the sense of Marotto together with a host of interesting phenomena connected to it. The analytic results and numerical simulations demostrates that the Allee constant plays a very important role for dynamical behavior. The dynamical behavior can move from complex instable states to stable states as the Allee constant increases (within a limited value). Combining the existing results in the current literature with the new results reported in this paper, a more complete understanding of the discrete-time predator-prey with Allee effect is given.     

A discrete-time model with non-monotonic functional response and strong Allee effect in prey

In this paper, we investigate the impact of strong Allee effect on the stability of a discrete-time predator–prey model with a non-monotonic functional response. The dynamics of discrete-time predator–prey models with strong Allee effect is studied earlier. But, the mathematical investigations of predator–prey dynamics in discrete-time set up with Holling type-IV functional response and strong Allee effect in prey are lacking. The proposed model supports the coexistence of two steady states, and the mathematical features of the model are analyzed based on local stability and bifurcation theory. By considering the Allee parameter as the bifurcation parameter, we provide sufficient conditions for the flip and the Neimark–Sacker bifurcations. We observe that Allee parameter plays a significant role in the dynamics of the system.     

Transitions in a logistic population model incorporating an Allee effect

In some species, the population may decline to zero; that is, the species becomes extinct if the population falls below a given threshold. This phenomenon is well known as an Allee effect. In most Allee models, the model parameters are constants, and the population tends either to a nonzero limiting state (survival) or to zero (extinction). However, when environmental changes occur, these parameters may be slowly varying functions of time. Then, application of multitiming techniques allows us to construct approximations to the evolving population in cases where the population survives to a slowly varying surviving state and those where the population declines to zero. Here, we investigate the solution of a logistic population model exhibiting an Allee effect, when the carrying capacity and the limiting density interchange roles, via a transition point. We combine multiscaling analysis with local asymptotic analysis at the transition point to obtain an overall expression for the evolution of the population. We show that this shows excellent agreement with the results of numerical computations. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Persistence and propagation of a discrete-time map and PDE hybrid model with strong Allee effect

Persistence and propagation of species are fundamental questions in spatial ecology. This paper focuses on the impact of Allee effect on the persistence and propagation of a population with birth pulse. We investigate the threshold dynamics of an impulsive reaction–diffusion model and provide the existence of bistable traveling waves connecting two stable equilibria. To prove the existence of bistable waves, we extend the method of monotone semiflows to impulsive reaction–diffusion systems. We use the methods of upper and lower solutions and the convergence theorem for monotone semiflows to prove the global stability of traveling waves and their uniqueness up to translation. Then we enhance the stability of bistable traveling waves to global exponential stability. Numerical simulations illustrate our theoretical results.     

Dynamics of a single species evolutionary model with Allee effects

We investigate the evolutionary outcomes of a single species population subject to Allee effects within the framework of a continuous strategy evolutionary game theory (EGT) model. Our model assumes a single trait creates a phenotypic trade-off between carrying capacity (i.e., competition) and predator evasion ability following a Gaussian distribution. This assumption contributes to one of our interesting findings that evolution prevents extinction even when population exhibits strong Allee effects. However, the extinction equilibrium can be an ESS under some special distributions of anti-predation phenotypes. The ratio of variation in competition and anti-predation phenotypes plays an important role in determining global dynamics of our EGT model: (a) evolution may suppress strong Allee effects for large values of this ratio; (b) evolution may preserve strong Allee effects for small values of this ratio by generating a low density evolutionary stable strategy (ESS) equilibrium which can serve as a potential Allee threshold; and (c) intermediate values of this ratio can result in multiple ESS equilibria.     

Multiscaling analysis of a slowly varying single species population model displaying an Allee effect

We consider the growth of a single species population modelled by a logistic equation modified to accommodate an Allee effect, in which the model parameters are slowly varying functions of time. We apply a multitiming technique to construct general approximate expressions for the evolving population in the case where the population survives to a (slowly varying) finite positive limiting state, and that where the population declines to extinction. We show that these expressions give excellent agreement with the results of numerical calculations for particular instances of the changing model parameters. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

一类具有Allee影响的捕食者-食饵扩散系统研究

讨论一类具有Allee影响的捕食者-食饵扩散模型解的整体性态.通过线性化方法和Lyapunov泛函方法分别证明了该模型正平衡点的局部渐近稳定性和全局渐近稳定性.     

具有染病者输入的离散SIR传染病模型分析

引入相应的概率建立了具有染病者输入的离散SIR传染病模型,确定了决定其动力学性态的阂值.在阈值之下模型仅存在无病平衡点,且无病平衡点是全局渐近稳定的;在阈值之上模型是一致持续的,有唯一的地方病平衡点存在,且地方病平衡点是局部渐近稳定的.     

Dynamical analysis of a discrete-time SIS epidemic model on complex networks

In this letter, a discrete SIS (susceptible–infected–susceptible) epidemic model on complex networks is presented. Firstly, the non-negativity and the boundedness of solutions are studied. Secondly, the basic reproduction number $R_0$ is calculated. Thirdly, applying the Lyapunov direct method of difference equations, the global asymptotic stability of disease free equilibrium is investigated. Finally, there give some simulations.     

具有HollingⅡ型功能反应和Allee效应的捕食系统模型

利用计算机模拟方法研究一类离散种群相互作用模型的动态复杂性.通过理论推导建立食饵具有Allee效应和HollingⅡ型功能反应的自治捕食系统模型,用Matlab软件模拟离散种群的生长状态,探索研究参数的变化对种群大小的影响,阐释Allee效应及HollingⅡ型功能反应在种群间相互作用模型中的重要性.研究结果表明:1)当处理时间处于有效区间内时,处理时间越大种群的稳定共存参数域越大;2)Allee效应的引入使种群的动态行为更为复杂,从而增加了捕食者种群的灭绝风险;3)系统受强Allee效应的影响,种群会出现提前分叉现象,如果继续增加Allee效应就会导致种群灭绝;4)强Allee效应更容易使种群趋向灭绝.所得结论在丰富生态学理论的同时,提出了保护生态学的重要依据.     

Pattern formation in a variable diffusion predator–prey model with additive Allee effect

This paper deals with a variable diffusion predator–prey model with additive Allee effect. A good understanding of the existence of steady states is gained for the case  $\sigma =0$. The result shows that the reduce problem has multiple solutions. Moreover, by applying the singular perturbation method, we give a proof of existence of large amplitude solutions when  $\sigma$ is sufficiently small.     

Global qualitative analysis of a discrete host‐parasitoid model with refuge and strong Allee effects

In this paper, we discuss the qualitative behavior of a discrete host‐parasitoid model with the host subject to refuge and strong Allee effects. More precisely, we study the local and global asymptotic stability, stable manifolds and unstable manifolds of boundary equilibrium points, existence and unique positive equilibrium point, local and global behavior of the positive equilibrium point, and the uniform persistence for the model with the host subject to the refuge or both refuge and strong Allee effects. It is also proved that the model undergoes a transcritical bifurcation in a small neighborhood of the boundary equilibrium point. Some numerical simulations are given to support our theoretical results. We can obtain that the addition of the refuge may make the parasitoids go extinct while the hosts survive or may stabilize the host‐parasitoid interaction; the addition of both refuge and strong Allee effects has either a negative or positive impact on the coexistence of both populations.     

Optimal harvesting in a predator-prey model with Allee effect and sigmoid functional response

This work deals with the determination of the optimal harvest policy in an open access fishery in which both prey and predator species are subjected to non-selective harvesting.The model is described by autonomous ordinary differential equation systems, the functional response of the predators is Holling type III and the prey growth is affected by the Allee effect. The catch-rate functions are based on the catch per unit effort (CPUE) or Schaefer’s hypothesis.The problem of determining the optimal harvest policy is solved by using Pontryagin’s maximal principle. The problem here studied is to maximize a cost function representing the present value of a continuous time-stream of revenue of the fishery.