Diffusion effect and stability analysis of a predator-prey system described by a delayed reaction-diffusion equations (Q2465898)

The authors are concerned with a predator-prey system with age structure for prey species: \[ \begin{aligned} \frac{\partial{u_1}}{\partial{t}}-D_1\Delta u_1=\alpha e^{-\gamma\tau}u_1(x,t-\tau)-\beta u^2_1(x,t)-a_1 u_1(x,t)u_2(x,t),\\ \frac{\partial{u_2}}{\partial{t}}-D_2\Delta u_2=u_2(x,t)(-r_1+a_2u_1(x,t)-bu_2(x,t)),\quad x\in\Omega,t>0,\\ \frac{\partial{u_1}}{\partial{n}}=\frac{\partial{u_2}}{\partial{n}}=0,\quad x\in\partial\Omega,t>0,\\ u_1(x,t)=\varphi_1(x,t),\;u_2(x,0)=\varphi_2(x,t),\quad x\in \bar{\Omega},t\in [-\tau,0]. \end{aligned} \] By using the linearization approach and upper-lower solutions method, they obtained the following conclusions: if \(a_2\alpha e^{-\gamma\tau}>\beta r_1\), then the positive equilibrium \(E_3(c_1^*,c_2^*)\) is globally asymptotically stable as \(D_1\) and \(D_2\) are sufficiently small; if \(ba_2\alpha e^{-\gamma\tau}>b\beta r_1>r_1a_1a_2\), the positive equilibrium \(E_3(c_1^*,c_2^*)\) is globally asymptotically stable; if \(a_2\alpha e^{-\gamma\tau}<\beta r_1\), the equilibrium \(E_2(\frac{\alpha e^{-\gamma \tau}}{\beta},0)\) is globally asymptotically stable.