Abstract
By considering a model incorporating behavioral changes by predators and prey evolution, we demonstrate how under certain conditions apostatic predation influences the maintenance of diversity within prey populations, and among different prey species. Further, we estimate the intrinsic "diversity" wavelength of the system when apostasy combines with other factors to lead to nonuniform distributions of prey along aspect gradients.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 253-284 |
| Number of pages | 32 |
| Journal | Journal of mathematical biology |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Jul 1982 |
| Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Applied Mathematics
- Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous)
- Modeling and Simulation
Keywords
- Apostasis
- Aspect diversity
- Predator-prey
- Switching