Spatial patterns in a vegetation model with internal competition and feedback regulation

• Published in: European physical journal plus Vol. 136; no. 2; p. 256
• Main Authors: Djilali, Salih, Bentout, Soufiane, Ghanbari, Behzad, Kumar, Sunil
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24.02.2021; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Applied and Technical Physics; Atomic; Biomass; Carbon dioxide; Climate change; Competition; Complex Systems; Condensed Matter Physics; Flow velocity; Hopf bifurcation; Investigations; Mathematical and Computational Physics; Mathematical models; Molecular; Optical and Plasma Physics; Physics; Physics and Astronomy; Positive feedback; Regular Article; Theoretical; Vegetation; Vegetation patterns
• ISSN: 2190-5444; 2190-5444
• DOI: 10.1140/epjp/s13360-021-01251-z

The vegetation patterns are a characteristic particularity of semiarid zones, which can be the future of modern ecology for its importance. This paper aims to study a diffusive vegetation model for the subject of studying the complex patterns generated by the presence of Turing-Hopf bifurcation. The main focus is on analyzing the effect of the locative internal rivalry between plants and feedback regulation on the pattern formations. The cross-diffusion produced by the positive feedback regulation generates surprising dynamics such as Hopf bifurcation, Turing bifurcation, Turing-Hopf bifurcation, which confirms the imbalance of the distribution of the vegetation in the semi-desert regions. For analyzing the spatiotemporal behavior near the Turing-Hopf bifurcation point, the Amplitude equation restricted at this point is used. Further, by using numerical simulations, the complex dynamics induced by the positive feedback redistribution and inner competition are explored.