A novel mechanism measurement of predator interference in predator–prey models.

A characteristic of ecosystems is the existence of manifold of independencies which are highly complex. Various mathematical models have made considerable contributions in gaining a better understanding of the predator–prey interactions. The main components of any predator–prey models are, firstly, how the different population classes grow and secondly, how the prey and predator interacts. In this paper, the two populations’ growth rates obey the logistic law and the carrying capacity of the predator depends on the available number of prey are considered. Our aim is to clarify the relationship between models and Holling types functional and numerical responses in order to gain insights into predator interferences and to answer an important question how competition is carried out. We consider a predator–prey model and a two-predator one-prey model to explain the idea. The novel approach is explained for the mechanism measurement of predator interference through depending on numerical response. Our approach gives good correspondence between an important real data and computer simulations. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]