Hopf analysis of a differential-algebraic predator–prey model with Allee effect and time delay

Abstract

A differential-algebraic prey–predator model with time delay and Allee effect on the growth of the prey population is investigated. Using differential-algebraic system theory, we transform the prey–predator model into its normal form and study its dynamics in terms of local analysis and Hopf bifurcation. By analyzing the associated characteristic equation, it is observed that the model undergoes a Hopf bifurcation at some critical value of time delay. In particular, we study the direction of Hopf bifurcation and the stability of bifurcated periodic solutions, and an explicit algorithm is given by applying the normal form theory and the center manifold reduction for functional differential equations. Finally, numerical simulations supporting the theoretical analysis are also included.