Hopf bifurcation and steady-state bifurcation for a Leslie-Gower prey-predator model with strong Allee effect in prey

Abstract

It is well known that the Leslie-Gower prey-predator model (without Allee effect) has a unique globally asymptotically stable positive equilibrium point, thus there is no Hopf bifurcation branching from positive equilibrium point. In this paper we study the Leslie-Gower prey-predator model with strong Allee effect in prey, and perform a detailed Hopf bifurcation analysis to both the ODE and PDE models, and derive conditions for determining the steady-state bifurcation of PDE model. Moreover, by the center manifold theory and the normal form method, the direction and stability of Hopf bifurcation solutions are established. Finally, some numerical simulations are presented. Apparently, Allee effect changes the topology structure of the original Leslie-Gower model.