Global qualitative analysis of a non-smooth Gause predator-prey model with a refuge (Q715687)

The present paper aims to provide a detailed qualitative analysis of a non-smooth Gause predator-prey model. In this model, the saturating functional response function with a discontinuity at a critical prey density is employed to show the effects of a prey refuge on the population dynamic behavior. Analysis of this model reveals rich dynamics including locally (or globally) stable canard cycles, a locally (globally) stable pseudo-equilibrium, unbounded trajectories in which both populations go to infinity or the prey goes to infinity and the predator dies out eventually. The main purpose of the present work is to carry out a completely qualitative analysis for this model.