Mathematical Model of Predator-Prey System with Age Structure
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1984
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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.
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Program year: 1983-1984
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population dynamics, predator and prey interaction, age dependent population, eating behavior, predation, stabilizing agents