SPATIAL ASPECT OF HUNTING COOPERATION IN PREDATORS WITH HOLLING TYPE II FUNCTIONAL RESPONSE

In this paper, we have investigated a spatial predator-prey model with hunting cooperation in predators. Using linear stability analysis, we obtain the condition for diffusive instability and identify the corresponding domain in the space of controlling parameters. Using extensive numerical simulations, we obtain complex patterns, namely, spotted pattern, stripe pattern and mixed pattern in the Turing domain, by varying the hunting cooperation parameter in predators and carrying capacity of preys. The results focus on the effect of hunting cooperation in pattern dynamics of a diffusive predator-prey model and help us in better understanding of the dynamics of the predator-prey interaction in real environments.