Periodicity in an stage-structured three-species predator-prey system with Beddington-DeAngelis and Holling IV functional response (Q2920396)

A stage-structured two predator one prey model is considered. Let \(y_1(t)\) denote the density of the predator that preys on the immature prey which has density \(x_1(t)\) and let \(y_2(t)\) denote the density of the predator that preys on the mature prey which has density \(x_2(t)\). Employing the Beddington-DeAngelis and Holling Type IV functional responses, the model can be written in the following form NEWLINE\[NEWLINE\begin{cases} \displaystyle {dx_1\over dt}=a(t)x_2(t)-b(t)x_1(t)-d(t)x_1^2(t)-{h_1(t)x_1(t)\over k_1(t)+x_1^2(t)}y_1(t), \\ \displaystyle {dx_2\over dt}=c(t)x_1(t)-f(t)x_2^2(t)-{h_2(t)x_2(t)\over k_2(t)+m(t)x_2(t)+n(t)y_2(t)}y_2(t), \\ \displaystyle {dy_1\over dt}=y_1(t)[-q_1(t)+{p_1(t)x_1(t)\over k_1(t)+x_1^2(t)}-g_1(t)y_1(t)], \\ \displaystyle {dy_2\over dt}=y_2(t)[-q_2(t)+{p_2(t)x_2(t)\over k_2(t)+m(t)x_2(t)+n(t)y_2(t)}-g_2(t)y_2(t)]. \\ \end{cases} NEWLINE\]NEWLINE Here \(a,b,c,d,f,m,n,g_i,h_i,k_i,p_i,q_i\) are continuous positive periodic functions with the same period \(\omega\).NEWLINENEWLINEBy using the continuation theorem of coincidence degree theory, the authors are able to obtain a sufficient condition for the existence of positive periodic solutions. The uniqueness and global attractivity of the solutions are also obtained by constructing a suitable Lyapunov functional. The result in this paper complement those in \textit{C. Y. Huang} et al. [Nonlinear Anal., Real World Appl. 11, No. 1, 503--514 (2010; Zbl 1189.34085)].