Prey species and prey selection of dholes at three different sites in Thailand

Prey selection and dietary flexibility of three species of mammalian predator during an irruption of non-cyclic prey

Predators often display dietary shifts in response to fluctuating prey in cyclic systems, but little is known about predator diets in systems that experience non-cyclic prey irruptions. We tracked dietary shifts by feral cats (Felis catus), red foxes (Vulpes vulpes) and dingoes (Canis dingo) through a non-cyclic irruption of small mammalian prey in the Simpson Desert, central Australia. We pred...

Prey selection by mosquitofish (Gambusia affinis) in California rice fields: effect of vegetation and prey species.

Mosquitofish are widely used for biological control of mosquito larvae in rice fields, but the presence of different types of vegetation or alternative arthropod prey affects the performance of the fish. Feeding experiments were conducted in 4 rice field vegetation zones. Overall, predation was maximal in young and mature rice, moderate in the submerged naiad vegetation, and minimal in areas of...

Incorporating preferential prey selection and stochastic predation into population viability analysis for rare prey species

There is increasing evidence that predation can cause the decline and extinction of small populations of prey, and that stochastic predation resulting from variation in prey selection by individual predators can have significant consequences for population persistence. Modelling approaches that ignore variation in prey selection exhibited by individual predators may inaccurately predict the eff...

Global Existence of Classical Solutions to a Three-Species Predator-Prey Model with Two Prey-Taxes

Evolutionary dynamics and competition stabilize three-species predator-prey communities

We perform individual-based Monte Carlo simulations in a community consisting of two predator species competing for a single prey species, with the purpose of studying biodiversity stabilization in this simple model system. Predators are characterized with predation efficiency and death rates, to which Darwinian evolutionary adaptation is introduced. Competition for limited prey abundance drive...