Logistic predator-prey model ($\dot{x}=x(a-bx-cy),\dot{y}=y(dx-e)$)

This Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model includes self-limitation of the prey through the term $-b{x}^2$, with positive constants $a,b,c,d,e$. A positive coexistence equilibrium point exists when $a>be/d$, at $x_{\ast }=e/d$, $y_{\ast }=(a-b{x}_{\ast })/c$. The Lyapunov functionsatisfies $\dot{V}=-bd(x-x_{\ast }{)}^2$: its predator-prey cross terms cancel. Its sublevel sets are compact in the positive quadrant. The only invariant subset of $\{\dot{V}=0\}$ is the coexistence equilibrium point, because staying on $x=x_{\ast }$ requires $y=y_{\ast }$. The LaSalle invariance principle therefore proves convergence to coexistence for every positive initial state.