Predator-Prey Dynamics Driven by Feedback between Functionally Diverse Trophic Levels

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 6; no. 11; p. e27357
• Main Authors: Tirok, Katrin, Bauer, Barbara, Wirtz, Kai, Gaedke, Ursula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 11.11.2011; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Animals; Betula pendula; Biochemistry; Biodiversity; Biology; Carrying capacity; Cloning; Coasts; Competition; Copepoda; Ecological models; Ecological monitoring; Ecology; Ecosystem; Ecosystem biology; Ecosystems; Evolution; Experiments; Feedback; Food; Food selection; Growth rate; Immigration; Limnology; Microorganisms; Models, Theoretical; Oceanography; Oscillations; Physiology; Plankton; Population Dynamics; Predator-prey interactions; Predator-prey simulation; Predators; Predatory Behavior - physiology; Preservation; Prey; Selectivity; Species composition; Tradeoffs; Trophic levels; Germany

Neglecting the naturally existing functional diversity of communities and the resulting potential to respond to altered conditions may strongly reduce the realism and predictive power of ecological models. We therefore propose and study a predator-prey model that describes mutual feedback via specie...