The dynamics of a stage-structure prey-predator model with hunting cooperation and anti-predator behavior

Abstract

The mathematical construction of an ecological model with a prey-predator relationship was done. It presumed that the prey consisted of a stage structure of juveniles and adults. While the adult prey species had the power to fight off the predator, the predator, and juvenile prey worked together to hunt them. Additionally, the effect of the harvest was considered on the prey.   All the solution’s properties were discussed. All potential equilibrium points' local stability was tested. The prerequisites for persistence were established. Global stability was investigated using Lyapunov methods. It was found that the system underwent a saddle-node bifurcation near the coexistence equilibrium point while exhibiting a transcritical bifurcation near the vanishing and predator-free equilibrium points. The analytical results are then validated using a numerical approach. It is discovered that the cooperative hunting rate and conversion rate persistently affect the system. In contrast, the anti-predator rate leads to the extinction of the predator.