On models for the dynamics of predator-prey interaction

Abstract

A brief account of attempts at modelling the dynamics of predator-prey systems is presented. The original deterministic Lotka-Volterra model is not biologically realistic. Later workers have attempted to modify the basic features of that model to include biologically relevant parameters and to introduce the stochastic aspect into the computations. Mathematical models cannot solve a problem; only point to factors needing biologically oriented attention. The problem of formulating multi-tiered predation models is discussed in relation to myticulture. © 2007 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.