Dynamics of a stochastic predator–prey model with mutual interference

Abstract

In this paper, a stochastic predator–prey (PP) model with mutual interference is considered. Some sufficient conditions for the existence of globally positive solution, non-persistence in the mean, weak persistence in the mean, strong persistence in the mean and almost surely extinction of the the model are established. Moreover, the threshold between weak persistence in the mean and almost surely extinction of the prey is obtained. Some examples are given to show the feasibility of the results by numerical simulation. It is significant that such a model is firstly proposed with stochastic perturbation.