Memory and mutualism in species sustainability: a time-fractional Lotka-Volterra model with harvesting

DOI10.1016/J.HELIYON.2020.E04816arXiv1904.12340WikidataQ99558255 ScholiaQ99558255MaRDI QIDQ6317879FDOQ6317879

Authors: Mohammad Mahdi Amirian, I. Towers, Zlatko Jovanoski, Andrew J. Irwin 

Publication date: 28 April 2019

Abstract: We first present a predator-prey model for two species and then extend the model to three species where the two predator species engage in mutualistic predation. Constant effort harvesting and the impact of by-catch issue are also incorporated. Necessary sufficient conditions for the existence and stability of positive equilibrium points are examined. It is shown that harvesting is sustainable, and the memory concept of the fractional derivative damps out oscillations in the population numbers so that the system as a whole settles on an equilibrium quicker than it would with integer time derivatives. Finally, some possible physical explanations are given for the obtained results. It is shown that the stability requires the memory concept in the model.

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