the functional response of a predator is the base of prey-predator dynamics. functional response of serangium montazerii fã¼rsch at different egg densities (50, 100, 150, 200 and 250) of dialeurodes citri (ashmead) was studied in an open-patch experiment, in a growth chamber (25 â± 1â°c, 65 â± 5% rh and a photoperiod of 16: 8 l: d h) on ‘thompson’ navel orange (citrus sinensis cv. thompson)...

Ratio-dependent predator-prey models are increasingly favored by both the theoretical and experimental ecologists as a more suitable alternative to describe predator-prey interactions when the predators hunt seriously. In this article, the classical Bazykin's model is modified with ratio-dependent functional response. Stability and bifurcation situations of the system are observed. Since the ra...

Prey (N) dependence [g(N)], predator (P) dependence [g(P) or g(N,P)], and ratio dependence [f(P/N)] are often seen as contrasting forms of the predator’s functional response describing predator consumption rates on prey resources in predator–prey and parasitoid–host interactions. Analogously, prey-, predator-, and ratio-dependent functional responses are apparently alternative functional respon...