50 research outputs found
A Holling-Tanner predator-prey model with strong Allee effect
We analyse a modified Holling-Tanner predator-prey model where the predation
functional response is of Holling type II and we incorporate a strong Allee
effect associated with the prey species production. The analysis complements
results of previous articles by Saez and Gonzalez-Olivares (SIAM J. Appl. Math.
59 1867-1878, 1999) and Arancibia-Ibarra and Gonzalez-Olivares (Proc. CMMSE
2015 130-141, 2015)discussing Holling-Tanner models which incorporate a weak
Allee effect. The extended model exhibits rich dynamics and we prove the
existence of separatrices in the phase plane separating basins of attraction
related to co-existence and extinction of the species. We also show the
existence of a homoclinic curve that degenerates to form a limit cycle and
discuss numerous potential bifurcations such as saddle-node, Hopf, and
Bogadonov-Takens bifurcations
Spatiotemporal pattern induced by self and cross-diffusion in a spatial Holling-Tanner model
In this paper, we have made an attempt to provide a unified framework to understand the complex spatiotemporal patterns induced by self and cross diffusion in a spatial Holling-Tanner model forphytoplankton-zooplankton-fish interaction. The effect of critical wave length which can drive the system to instability is investigated. We have examined the criterion between two cross-diffusivity (constant and timevarying)on the stability of the model system and for diffusive instability to occur. Based on these conditions and by performing a series of extensive simulations, we observed the irregular patterns, stationary strips, spots, and strips-spots mixture patterns. Numerical simulation results reveal that the regular strip-spot mixture patterns prevail over the whole domain on increasing the values of self- diffusion coefficients of phytoplankton and zooplankton and the dynamics of the system do not undergo any further changes