Period-doubling bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation of a discrete predator-prey model with Allee effect and cannibalism

Abstract

In this paper, a discrete predator-prey model incorporating Allee effect and cannibalism is derived from its continuous version by semidiscretization method. Not only the existence and local stability of fixed points of the discret system are investigated, but more important, the sufficient conditions for the occurrence of its period-doubling bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation are obtained using the center manifold theorem and local bifurcation theory. Finally some numerical simulations are given to illustrate the existence of Neimark-Sacker bifurcation. The outcome of the study reveals that this discrete system undergoes various bifurcations including period-doubling bifurcation and Neimark-Sacker bifurcation.