#Question id: 11354
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
C.B. Huffaker was able to maintain experimental populations of predator and prey (using species of mites) that exhibited recurring oscillations. What feature of Huffaker's experimental design was critical to this outcome?
#Question id: 11355
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
In the Lotka-Volterra population model for a prey population, dV/dt = rV - cVP, what is the meaning of the last term in the model (-cVP)?
#Question id: 11356
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
The Lotka-Volterra population models for predator and prey result in:
#Question id: 11357
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
In the Lotka-Volterra population models for predator and prey, what is the consequence of an increased birth rate of prey?
#Question id: 11358
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
In Holling's functional responses of predators, what is the most fundamental difference between a Type I functional response versus Type II and Type III functional responses?
#Question id: 11359
#Unit 10. Ecological Principles
A predator exhibiting switching behaviour would be expected to underrepresent the prey in its diet (compared to the abundance of prey in the environment) when the prey is at __________ density.