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JOURNAL OF THEORETICAL BIOLOGY
卷 227, 期 2, 页码 167-174出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS LTD- ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.10.013
关键词
functional response; predator-prey models; interference; optimal foraging theory
Predator-prey models consider those prey that are free. They assume that once a prey is captured by a predator it leaves the system. A question arises whether in predator-prey population models the variable describing prey population shall consider only those prey which are free, or both free and handled prey together. In the latter case prey leave the system after they have been handled. The classical Holling type II functional response was derived with respect to free prey. In this article we derive a functional response with respect to prey density which considers also handled prey. This functional response depends on predator density, i.e., it accounts naturally for interference. We study consequences of this functional response for stability of a simple predator-prey model and for optimal foraging theory. We show that, qualitatively, the population dynamics are similar regardless of whether we consider only free or free and handled prey. However, the latter case may change predictions in some other cases. We document this for optimal foraging theory where the functional response which considers both free and handled prey leads to partial preferences which are not observed when only free prey are considered. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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