Turing patterns induced by cross-diffusion in a 2D domain with strong Allee effect

Abstract

In this work, we introduce a two-dimensional domain predator-prey model with strong Allee effect and investigate the Turing instability and the phenomena of the emergence of patterns. The occurrence of the Turing instability is ensured by the conditions that are procured by using the stability analysis of local equilibrium points. The amplitude equations (for supercritical case cubic Stuart–Landau equation and for subcritical quintic Stuart–Landau equation) are derived appropriate for each case by using the method of multiple time scale and show that the system supports patterns like squares, stripes, mixed-mode patterns, spots and hexagonal patterns. We obtain the asymptotic solutions to the model close to the onset instability based on the amplitude equations. Finally, numerically simulations tell how cross-diffusion plays an important role in the emergence of patterns.