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Complex Dynamics in Predator-prey Models with Nonmonotonic Functional Response and Seasonal Harvesting
Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena
  • Jicai Huang, Central China Normal University - Wuhan, China
  • Jing Chen, University of Miami
  • Yijun Gong, Central China Normal University - Wuhan, China
  • Weipeng Zhang, Northeast Normal University Changchun, China
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Keywords
  • Predator-prey model,
  • Constant-yield harvesting,
  • Seasonal harvesting,
  • Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation,
  • Degenerate Hopf bifurcation,
  • Periodic solution,
  • Invariant torus
Abstract

In this paper we study the complex dynamics of predator-prey systems with nonmonotonic functional response and harvesting. When the harvesting is constant-yield for prey, it is shown that various kinds of bifurcations, such as saddle-node bifurcation, degenerate Hopf bifurcation, and Bogdanov-Takens bifurcation, occur in the model as parameters vary. The existence of two limit cycles and a homoclinic loop is established by numerical simulations. When the harvesting is seasonal for both species, sufficient conditions for the existence of an asymptotically stable periodic solution and bifurcation of a stable periodic orbit into a stable invariant torus of the model are given. Numerical simulations are carried out to demonstrate the existence of bifurcation of a stable periodic orbit into an invariant torus and transition from invariant tori to periodic solutions, respectively, as the amplitude of seasonal harvesting increases.

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DOI
10.1051/mmnp/20138507
Citation Information
Jicai Huang, Jing Chen, Yijun Gong and Weipeng Zhang. "Complex Dynamics in Predator-prey Models with Nonmonotonic Functional Response and Seasonal Harvesting" Mathematical Modelling of Natural Phenomena Vol. 8 Iss. 5 (2013) p. 95 - 118 ISSN: 0973-5348
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jing-chen/6/