Permanence and global asymptotical stability of a predator-prey model with mutual interference (Q619733)

Mutual interference occurs when predators \((y)\) repel each other, e.g., in some cases of butterflies. In some cases, this significantly changes the dynamics of the systems. Mathematically the interaction term between predators \((y)\) and preys \((x)\) takes the form \(x(y^m)\), \(1>m>0\). A predator-prey system with mutual interference is studied. Some sufficient conditions are obtained for permanence and global asymptotical stability of the system by using the comparison theorem and constructing a suitable Lyapunov function. It is significant that the mutual interference \(m\) is allowed to be any real-valued number in the interval \((0,1)\), which improves corresponding recent results.