On the nonautonomous Lotka-Volterra competition system with diffusion (Q1355067)

Sufficient conditions are obtained for the existence and uniqueness and global asymptotic stability of the positive periodic solution of the nonautonomous Lotka-Volterra competition system with diffusion. The model considered is based on the system \[ \begin{aligned}\dot x_1 & =x_1 \bigl[k_1(t) -a(t)x_1 -b(t)y_1\bigr] +D_1(t) (x_2-x_1) \\ \dot x_2 & =x_2 \bigl[k_2(t) -c(t)x_2\bigr] +D_2 (t)(x_1-x_2) \\ \dot y_1 & =y_1 \bigl[r(t) -d(t)x_1-c(t)y_1\bigr]. \end{aligned} \] where \(k_i(t)\), \(D_i(t)\), \(i=1,2,a(t)\), \(b(t)\), \(c(t)\), \(r(t)\), \(d(t)\) and \(e(t)\) are assumed to be continuous and \(T\)-periodic positive functions, \(x_1\) and \(y_1\) are the density of competitors \(x\) and \(y\) in patch 1. \(x_2\) is the density of species \(x\) in patch 2. \(k_1(t)\), \(i=1,2\), (or \(r(t))\) are the carrying capacities for species \(x\) (or \(y_1)\) in patch \(i\) (or 1). \(D_i(t) >0\), \(i=1,2\), are the diffusion coefficients between two patches for species \(x\).