Turing instability and coexistence in an extended Klausmeier model with nonlocal grazing

Abstract In this paper, we study the coexistence of an extended Klausmeier model with cross-diffusion and nonlocal sustained grazing. First, we analyze a saddle–node bifurcation of spatially homogeneous system. Second, we focus on the reaction–diffusion system with nonlocal sustained grazing. Our main result is that nonlocal terms promote linear stability, and the system may produce pattern under the influences of self-diffusion and cross-diffusion. Moreover, both the grazing parameter and rainfall rate can induce transitions among bare soil state, vegetation pattern state and homogeneous vegetation state. Finally, we address the nonlocal reaction–diffusion system as a bifurcation problem, and analyze the existence and stability of bifurcation solutions. Furthermore, numerical simulations have been illustrated to verify our theoretical findings.