Hopf bifurcation in a diffusive logistic equation with mixed delayed and instantaneous density dependence (Q1935037)

The authors investigate a logistic equation with diffusion and Dirichlet boundary conditions. A delayed density dependence is taken into account. The investigation of the characteristic equation provides results concerning the stability of the unique positive steady state and the Hopf bifurcation from this positive steady state. The direction of the Hopf bifurcation and the stability of the bifurcation periodic orbits on center manifold are established. The global continuation of the branch of periodic orbits from Hopf bifurcation is studied. Numerical simulations motivating the theoretical results are also presented.