Bifurcation Analysis of a Diffusive Predator–Prey Model with Monod–Haldane Functional Response

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a diffusive predator–prey model with Monod–Haldane functional response. We study the Turing instability and Hopf bifurcation of the coexisting equilibriums. We investigate the Turing–Hopf bifurcation through some key bifurcation parameters. In addition, we obtain a normal form for the Turing–Hopf bifurcation. Finally, we show numerical simulations to illustrate the theoretical results. For parameters around the critical value of the Turing–Hopf bifurcation, we demonstrate that the predator–prey model exhibits complex spatiotemporal dynamics, including spatially homogeneous periodic solutions, spatially inhomogeneous periodic solutions, and spatially inhomogeneous steady-state solutions.