Bifurcation and chaos in a ratio-dependent predator–prey system with time delay

Qintao Gan, Rui Xu and Pinghua Yang

Chaos, Solitons & Fractals, 2009, vol. 39, issue 4, 1883-1895

Abstract: In this paper, a ratio-dependent predator–prey model with time delay is investigated. We first consider the local stability of a positive equilibrium and the existence of Hopf bifurcations. By using the normal form theory and center manifold reduction, we derive explicit formulae which determine the stability, direction and other properties of bifurcating periodic solutions. Finally, we consider the effect of impulses on the dynamics of the above time-delayed population model. Numerical simulations show that the system with constant periodic impulsive perturbations admits rich complex dynamic, such as periodic doubling cascade and chaos.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1016/j.chaos.2007.06.122

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