4. Predator with Competing Prey: Construct a simple model of an ecosystem with three species satisfying the following properties. There is a predator that feeds on two different species of prey. • Each prey species, when in isolation, has a per capita growth that is positive at low population levels but decreases linearly with population size. The two prey species compete with each other. • In the absence of both prey species, the predator dies out.

4. Predator with Competing Prey: Construct a simple model of an ecosystem with three species satisfying the following properties. There is a predator that feeds on two different species of prey. • Each prey species, when in isolation, has a per capita growth that is positive at low population levels but decreases linearly with population size. The two prey species compete with each other. • In the absence of both prey species, the predator dies out.

Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)

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ISBN:9781305389892

Author:Peter J. Russell, Paul E. Hertz, Beverly McMillan

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Chapter55: Biodiversity And Conservation Biology

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