On the asymptotic stability of an Hassell predator-prey model with mutual interference (Q1928111)

The author studies the following Hassell predator-prey model with mutual interference \[ \begin{aligned}\dot x(t)&=x(t)[r_1(t)-b_1(t)x(t)-c_1(t)y^m(t)],\\ \dot y(t)&=y(t)[-r_2(t)+c_2(t)x(t)y^{m-1}(t)-b_2(t)y(t)],\end{aligned}\tag{1} \] where \(x(t)\) and \(y(t)\) are the densities of the prey and the predator populations at time \(t\), the functions \(r_i(t), b_i(t), c_i(t)\;(i=1,2)\) are assumed to be continuous and defined on \([0, \infty)\), and are bounded above and below by positive constants. The existence of an absorbing set is shown together with the global nonlinear asymptotic stability of the positive critical points for which the essential tool of the Lyapunov direct method for nonautonomous systems is used.