Modelling and Analysis of a Host-Parasitoid Impulsive Ecosystem under Resource Limitation

Peipei Wang, Wenjie Qin and Guangyao Tang

Complexity, 2019, vol. 2019, 1-12

Abstract:

With a long history of theoretical development, biological model has focused on the interaction of a parasitoid and its host. In this paper, two Nicholson-Bailey models with a nonlinear pulse control strategy are proposed and analyzed to examine how limited resource affects the pest control. For a fixed-time discrete impulsive model, the existence and stability of the host-free periodic solution are derived. Threshold analysis suggests that it is critical to release parasitoid in an optimal number in case of the happening of the intra-specific competition, which will seriously affect the pest control. Bifurcation analysis reveals that the model exists complex dynamics including period doubling, chaotic solutions, coexistence of multiple attractors, and so on. For a state-dependent discrete impulsive model, the numerical simulations for bifurcation analysis are studied, the results show that how the key parameters and the initial densities of both populations affect the pest outbreaks, and consequently the relative biological implications with respect to pest control are discussed.

Date: 2019
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DOI: 10.1155/2019/9365293

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