Two predators one prey model that integrates the effect of supplementary food resources due to one predator's kleptoparasitism under the possibility of retribution by the other predator
In ecology, foraging requires animals to expend energy in order to obtain resources. The cost of foraging can be reduced through kleptoparasitism, the theft of a resource that another individual has expended effort to acquire. Thus, kleptoparasitism is one of the most significant feeding techniques in ecology. In this study, we investigate a two predator one prey paradigm in which one predator acts as a kleptoparasite and the other as a host. This research considers the post-kleptoparasitism scenario, which has received little attention in the literature. Parametric requirements for the existence as well as local and global stability of biologically viable equilibria have been proposed. The occurrences of various one parametric bifurcations, such as saddle-node bifurcation, transcritical bifurcation, and Hopf bifurcation, as well as two parametric bifurcations, such as Bautin bifurcation, are explored in depth. Relatively low growth rate of first predator induces a subcritical Hopf bifurcation although a supercritical Hopf bifurcation occurs at relatively high growth rate of first predator making coexistence of all three species possible. Some numerical simulations have been provided for the purpose of verifying our theoretical conclusions.
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