PPT-Predator/Prey Simulation

Final Write up is due 916 Planning PurposeQuestion How does the predatory and prey relationship of and effect the negative feedback process seen in the natural environment. Community Ecology:. Antagonism (part 2).. Antagonisms: . Prey and predator are differently motivated:. Whereas the prey runs for its life, the predator runs for a meal.. Or, when the predator loses it misses a meal; when the prey is defeated, it loses its life.. Herbivory. Photo . of acorns & weevil grub from . http://www.insectimages.org/browse/detail.cfm?imgnum=0014201. Predators (active foragers, ambush predators, sit-and-wait predators, . etc. .). . US Department of. Homeland Security. Predator-Prey Relationships. in Belowground Ecosystems. Goals:. Define . Predator . and. Prey . in relation to soil ecology. Define a . mathematical model. and identify some examples when one is useful. By: Rachel Lopez, Lauren Powers, Sheydden Rose, & Celia Chronister. Predator. -A . predator . is an organism that hunts the prey. -The predator usually hunts, kills, and eats the prey. - It is a natural instinct to hunt after prey. Predator-Prey Problems. By: Alexandra Silva and . Dani. Hoover. Intro to Systems ESE 251. 11/24/09. History. Alfred . Lotka. Vito . Volterra. -American biophysicist. -Proposed the predator-prey model in 1925. Predation. The capturing of prey as a means of maintaining life.. Aldo Leopold’s 5 types of Predation. -. based on how animals were killed.. Chance Predation. A predator is not searching for prey, but if the opportunity to kill presents itself an attempt will be made.. Design of an . adaptive . r. obot . controller for a predator-prey task using e-puck robots. The Goal. To . design. an . adaptive. . robot controller . capable of performing a . predator-prey task. Kelsey Vitense. “Current . Challenges for Mathematical Modelling of Cyclic . Populations” Workshop at BIRS. 11/12/13. Outline:. Motivation. . . Models. Results. Next steps. Meadow Vole. Many cyclic mammalian species undergo dramatic fluctuations in abundance in north but exhibit damped dynamics in south. Leslie-Gower Predator-Prey . Model. Dynamic . Behaviors of a Harvesting . Leslie-Gower Predator-Prey . Model. Na Zhang,. 1. Fengde Chen,. 1. Qianqian Su,. 1. and Ting Wu. 2. 1. College of Mathematics and Computer Science, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, Fujian, China. By: Alexandra Silva and . Dani. Hoover. Intro to Systems ESE 251. 11/24/09. History. Alfred . Lotka. Vito . Volterra. -American biophysicist. -Proposed the predator-prey model in 1925. -Italian mathematician. Year. Population of Deer. 0 40 80 120 160 200 240 260 280. Carrying capacity (K). Too many deer for the ecosystem to support. Logistic Growth. Factors?. Density dependent. t. emporally extensive cycling. More direct data on population density (not simply the harvest data). The data align well with . Lotka-Volterra. Predator-Prey . M. odel predictions. 0 5 10. Predator-Prey, Parasitoid-Host & Parasite-Host Relationships. “Nature red in tooth & claw”. Alfred Tennyson (1809 - 1892). Why study predation & parasitism? . A basic-science answer:. Theoretical Models (Predator-Prey . Dymanics. ). The . Lotka-Volterra. model . for predator-prey (or . herbivore-plant, or . parasitoid. -host) dynamics . deals with one . predator population, one prey .