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#Question id: 11355


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)?

#Section 1: Ecology
  1. Intrinsic growth rate of the prey population
  2. Intrinsic growth rate of the predator population
  3. Addition of predators as they consume prey
  4. Removal of prey by predators, over and above other causes of death.