Ecology 5th Edition by Manuel Molles

Exercise 21

C. S. Holling (1959) observed predator numerical responses to changes in prey density. He attributed the numerical responses to changes in the reproductive rates of the predators. Discuss a hypothetical example of reproductive-rate numerical response by a population of predators in terms of changes in fecundity schedules and life tables. Include the terms R 0 , T, and r in your discussion.