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The stabilizing role of cannibalism in a predator-prey system

✍ Scribed by C. Kohlmeier; W. Ebenhöh

Publisher
Springer
Year
1995
Tongue
English
Weight
440 KB
Volume
57
Category
Article
ISSN
1522-9602

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✦ Synopsis

Cannibalism can have a stabilizing effect in a predator-prey system. Contrary to the intuitive expectation cannibalism of the predator leads to an increase of the standing stocks of both, prey and predator.

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