Extinction in a discrete Lotka–Volterra competitive system with the effect of toxic substances and feedback controls

Abstract

In this paper, we consider a discrete Lotka–Volterra competitive system with the effect of toxic substances and feedback controls. By using the method of discrete Lyapunov function and by developing a new analysis technique, we obtain the sufficient conditions which guarantee that one of the two species will be driven to extinction while the other will be permanent. We improve the corresponding results of Li and Chen [Extinction in two-dimensional discrete Lotka–Volterra competitive system with the effect of toxic substances, Dynam. Contin. Discrete Impuls. Syst. Ser. B Appl. Algorithms 15 (2008) 165–178]. Also, an example together with their numerical simulations shows the feasibility of our main results. It is shown that toxic substances and feedback control variables play an important role in the dynamics of the system.