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The Effects of Predator Functional Response and Prey Productivity on Predator‐Prey Stabillity: A Graphical Approach
Author(s) -
Armstrong Robert A.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1936446
Subject(s) - predator , predation , functional response , productivity , stability (learning theory) , ecology , apex predator , biology , computer science , economics , machine learning , macroeconomics
A new graphical technique is developed for predicting the stability of predator prey systems. In this method the prey's productivity curve and the predator's functional response curve enter the analysis directly and independently. This method yields new insights into the relationship between prey productivity, predator functional response, and the stability of predator—prey systems.