Stationary patterns for a Leslie–Gower type three species model with diffusion

Abstract

In this paper, a diffusive three species predator–prey model with two Leslie–Gower terms is considered. The stability of the unique positive constant equilibrium for the reaction–diffusion system is obtained. Sufficient conditions are derived for the global stability of the positive constant equilibrium. In particular, we establish the existence and non-existence of non-constant positive steady states of this system. The results indicate that the large diffusivity is helpful for the appearance of the non-constant positive steady states (stationary patterns).