The Net Outcome of Predator-Prey Interactions in the Basic Lotka-Volterra

question 29

Multiple Choice

The net outcome of predator-prey interactions in the basic Lotka-Volterra models is that

• A)the predator drives its prey to extinction and then goes extinct itself.
• B)the prey population declines and this causes the predator population to also decline.
• C)predator and prey populations eventually converge on equilibrium population sizes that are maintained into infinity.
• D)predator and prey populations oscillate,with each predictably increasing and decreasing in response to the other.