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Multiple positive periodic solutions for a food-limited two-species ratio-dependent predator-prey patch system with delay and harvesting. (English) Zbl 1260.34150

Summary: By using Mawhin’s coincidence degree theory, this paper establishes sufficient conditions for the existence of four positive periodic solutions of a food-limited two-species ratio-dependent predator-prey patch system with delay and harvesting. Some novel techniques are employed to obtain the appropriate a priori estimates. An example is given to illustrate our results.

MSC:

34K60 Qualitative investigation and simulation of models involving functional-differential equations
92D25 Population dynamics (general)
34K13 Periodic solutions to functional-differential equations
47N20 Applications of operator theory to differential and integral equations