Predator-Prey
Models
Lang Moore and David Smith,
Duke University
with the assistance of
Jer-Chin Chuang, Furman University
John Michel, Marietta College
Purpose:
To develop and explore the Lotka-Volterra model for predator-prey interactions
as a prototypical first-order system of differential equations
Prerequisite: The
module on Numerical Solutions of differential
equations
Photo credits: (left) Prairie Rattlesnake,
Charles M. Russell NWR, U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, photo by Bill
Iko; (right) Bald Eagle, National Park Service.
