Biology · Ecology

Food Web

The textbook predator-prey cycle: 40 hares, 9 lynx. Energy is conserved — populations orbit forever.

Lynx & Hare

Prey = 40.0 · Predator = 9.0 · t = 0.0s
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Predict

What will the orbit do?

In classic LV, orbits in the (x, y) plane are closed loops — energy is conserved. Add a carrying capacity (mode = Logistic prey) and the orbit spirals inward to the equilibrium dot. Try it.

Try

Initial populations

Initial prey40.00
Initial predator9.00
What did you notice?

Reflection