Physics lessons can be fun, even if a bit chaotic! Picture it!
Lotka-Volterra model is the simplest model of predator-prey interactions. The model was developed independently by Lotka (1925) and Volterra (1926):
I hope someone figures this out. ; )
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I hope someone figures this out. ; )
Posted by Dan in Web Blogs | Permalink
ROFLMAO!! I'm pretty much ignorant of anything pertaining to physics; but being from Madison, I do know that if you take a group of left-brained physicists, a blogger who by definition has to be fairly right-brained, and toss in a Cap Times reporter - something interesting has to happen. Definitely worth a trip to the CT archives!
Posted by: suzyqueue | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 10:22 AM
Common sense written in math language. Long live the American Buffalo.
Posted by: splashtc | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 01:32 PM
I am not even going to try. :)
Posted by: teresa | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 02:14 PM
Interesting read. The math is not difficult, but the assumptions of predator consumption, prey reproduction, etc. omit many other variables--e.g., prey food supply availability, disease, the predator group interactions like the alpha dominance.
The bottom line is: predators increase with the availability of prey, and decrease when the levels of prey animals go down. This is not a lock-step, but watch the snowy owls. They definitely increase when the mouse population goes up.
Posted by: IamRosie | Wednesday, November 30, 2005 at 07:17 PM