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Functional Response and Stability in Predator-Prey Systems
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We propose two measures of how stabilizing a functional response is. We suggest that predation be regarded as stabilizing at a prey density of H if the predation rate is increasing then-i.e., if f(H)/H is increasing where f is the functional response. This is equivalent to asking that an increase in prey density results in an increased chance of a given prey being killed by the predator. With Hm as the maximum value of H for which this criterion holds, our measures are Hm and f(Hm). We relate this criterion and these measures to local stability and also to structural stability in a modified Lotka-Volterra model and a general multispecies model. The criteria will be used in detailed models of switching in predators (in the following paper in this issue) and of patchiness.
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- Authors
- Oaten, A., & Murdoch, W. W.
- Venue
- The American Naturalist
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 1975-05
- Volume
- 109
- Issue
- 967
- Pages
- 289-298
- ISSN
- 0003-0147 (ISSN-L)
- 1537-5323
- OpenAlex
- W2032645635
- Cited by
- 318
- References
- 11
- FWCI
- 12.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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