Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering (Sep 2013)

A non-autonomous stochastic predator-prey model

  • Aniello Buonocore,
  • Luigia Caputo,
  • Enrica Pirozzi,
  • Amelia G. Nobile

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3934/mbe.2014.11.167
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 2
pp. 167 – 188

Abstract

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The aim of this paper is to consider a non-autonomous predator-prey-like system, with a Gompertz growth law for the prey.By introducing random variations in both prey birth and predator death rates,a stochastic model for the predator-prey-like system in a random environment is proposed and investigated.The corresponding Fokker-Planck equation is solved to obtain the joint probability density for the prey and predator populations and the marginal probability densities.The asymptotic behavior of the predator-prey stochastic model is also analyzed.

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