(par 3. 7.1) Preditor-prey cycles
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange1/current/lectures/predation/predation.html Trophic Links: Predation and Parasitism We wish to learn: • how predators affect prey populations, and vice-versa • what stabilizes predator-prey interactions and prevents their collapse • how predation can result in complex interactions in natural communities Introduction Predation is used here to include all “+/-” interactions in which one organism consumes all or part of another. […]
(par 3. 7.1) Role of predation
http://www.eoearth.org/article/Predation Predation Published: December 28, 2009, 3:50 pm Lead Author: Mark McGinley Contributing Author: J. Emmett Duffy This article has been reviewed by the following Topic Editor: Judith S. Weis Introduction Ladybird beetle preying on an aphid. (Source: Photo by Graham Shepard, Rothamsted Research) Predation is an interaction between species in which one species uses […]