Imagine a predator-prey interaction in which a certain number of the prey population cannot be eaten because of a refuge in their environment that the predator cannot enter.
a. Why might interaction terms like -s(P - w)Q and v(P - w)Q be reasonable in the modeling equations? Explain what those interaction terms mean?
b. What is the meaning of w? (What does the variable stand for?)
c. In a biologically realistic model, can P < w? Why or why not?
1/predator (relative harvesting rate of the predator of preys. P = prey 0 = predator v = 1/prey (growth burst of the predator population due to the avalibility of prey meat.)