We present a nonlinear predator-prey system consisting of a nonlocal conservation law for predators coupled with a parabolic equation for prey. The drift term in the predators' equation is a nonlocal function of the prey density, so that the movement of the predators can be directed towards regions with high prey density. Moreover, Lotka-Volterra type right hand sides describe the feeding. A theorem ensuring existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence of weak solutions, and various stability estimates is proved, in any space dimension. Numerical integrations show a few qualitative features of the solutions.

Colombo, R., Rossi, E. (2015). Hyperbolic predators vs. parabolic prey. COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, 13(2), 369-400 [10.4310/CMS.2015.v13.n2.a6].

Hyperbolic predators vs. parabolic prey

ROSSI, ELENA
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2015

Abstract

We present a nonlinear predator-prey system consisting of a nonlocal conservation law for predators coupled with a parabolic equation for prey. The drift term in the predators' equation is a nonlocal function of the prey density, so that the movement of the predators can be directed towards regions with high prey density. Moreover, Lotka-Volterra type right hand sides describe the feeding. A theorem ensuring existence, uniqueness, continuous dependence of weak solutions, and various stability estimates is proved, in any space dimension. Numerical integrations show a few qualitative features of the solutions.
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Mixed hyperbolic-parabolic problems; Nonlocal conservation laws; Predatory-prey systems
English
2015
13
2
369
400
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Colombo, R., Rossi, E. (2015). Hyperbolic predators vs. parabolic prey. COMMUNICATIONS IN MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES, 13(2), 369-400 [10.4310/CMS.2015.v13.n2.a6].
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