MODELLING THE MULTITEAM PREY–PREDATOR DYNAMICS USING THE DELAY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION

In nature, many species form teams and move in herds from one place to another. This helps them reducing the risk of predation. Time delay caused by age structure, maturation period, feeding time is a major factor real-time prey–predator dynamics that result periodic solutions bifurcation phenomenon. study analysed behaviour teamed-up prey populations against predation using mathematical model. The following variables were considered: population Pr1, Pr2, predator Pr3. interior equilibrium point was calculated. A local satiability analysis performed ensure feasible equilibrium. effect parameter on examined. Hopf noted when crossed critical value. Direction centre manifold theorem. graphs analytical results plotted MATLAB.