Isolated periodic wave solutions arising from Hopf and Poincaré bifurcations in a class of single species model

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the bifurcations of local and global isolated periodic traveling waves in a single species population model described by a reaction-diffusion equation. Based on the singular point quantity algorithm of conjugate symmetric complex systems, we investigate Hopf bifurcation from all equilibrium points for the corresponding planar traveling wave system. We obtain all center conditions and construct one perturbed Hamiltonian system to study Poincaré bifurcation. Further, using the Chebyshev criterion, we develop a utilized approach to prove the existence of at most two limit cycles in a piecewise continuous parameter interval. Finally, the existence of double isolated periodic traveling waves for the model is established, and the results are illustrated by numerical simulation. It is shown that in a population model with density-dependent migrations and Allee effect, two large amplitude oscillations (isolated periodic traveling waves) can exist simultaneously.