Mathematical Model of Predator-Prey System with Age Structure
Abstract
This paper considers models of physical phenomena, in particular models from population dynamics. The main model of concern is a combination of two previously developed models: the model of non-linear age dependent population and the classic Lotka-Volterra model of interacting predator and prey populations. It is shown that this model has a unique solution for all time, and this solution is bounded for finite time. A particular case is studied by computer simulation, and the results show that indiscriminate eating leads to a stable periodic relation between the predator and the prey, while selective eating leads to nonstable behavior. It is suggested that age-selective predation can be a stabilizing agent in a predator-prey scheme.
Description
Program year: 1983-1984Digitized from print original stored in HDR
Subject
population dynamicspredator and prey interaction
age dependent population
eating behavior
predation
stabilizing agents
Citation
Collins, Charles R. (1984). Mathematical Model of Predator-Prey System with Age Structure. University Undergraduate Fellows. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /CAPSTONE -CollinsC _1984.