Positive solution branches of two-species competition model in open advective environments

The effect of competition is an important topic in spatial ecology. This paper deals with a general two-species competition system in open advective and inhomogeneous environments. At first, the critical values on the interspecific competition coefficients are established, which determine the stability of semi-trivial steady states. Secondly, by analyzing the nonexistence of coexistence steady states and using the theory of monotone dynamical system, we find that the competitive exclusion principle holds if one of the interspecific competition coefficients is large and the other is in a certain range. Thirdly, in terms of these critical values, the structure and direction of bifurcating branches of positive equilibria arising from two semi-trivial steady states are given by means of the bifurcation theory and stability analysis. Finally, we show that multiple coexistence occurs under certain regimes.