Mathematical Model Describes the Interaction of Predator and Prey Populations.
In the 1920s, Alfred Lotka and Vittora Volterra turned their attention from competition (see Section 13.2) to the effects of predation on population growth. Independently, they proposed mathematical statements to express the relationship between predator and prey populations. They provided one equation for the prey population and another for the predator population. The population growth […]
