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Modelling of predator–prey interactions has vast history in ecological theory and these models have been developed in large scale since the initial Lotka–Volterra model in order to explain the processes of predation, cooperation and diffusion more realistically. Introducing Allee effect and diffusion in predator–prey models are very important facet of these evolutions, where per capita growth rate of species increases with increase in population density and species move from region with low population density to region with high population density. In this paper, dynamics of a predator–prey model considering strong Allee effect, diffusion and Holling type-I function response is studied. Existence and stability of equilibrium points are discussed. Analysis of the model reveals that by applying some conditions on the parameters, diffusion can induce Turing instability. Furthermore, conditions for the existence of Hopf bifurcation are obtained for both the ODE and PDE models. Bifurcation direction and the stability of the bifurcating periodic solution are determined by center manifold theorem and the normal form theory. Numerical simulations are performed to support our mathematical findings. By this study, we see that if Allee threshold crosses a critical value, the interior equilibrium point losses its stability. Therefore, system undergoes Hopf bifurcation and periodic solution arises. Here, we note that Allee effect plays an important role in the dynamics of predator–prey model. We also observe that diffusion destabilized the model which was stable in the absence of diffusion.






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Devi, S., Fatma, R. Diffusion-Driven Instability and Bifurcation in the Predator–Prey System with Allee Effect in Prey and Predator Harvesting. Int. J. Appl. Comput. Math 10, 39 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40819-023-01673-6
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