Predator-Prey Dynamics of Bald Eagles and Glaucous-Winged Gulls

Authors

Jim M. Cushing, The University of ArizonaFollow
Shandelle M. Henson, Andrews UniversityFollow
James L. Hayward, Andrews UniversityFollow

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Publication Date

6-24-2023

Abstract

In this chapter we use a modification of the classic Lotka-Volterra predator-prey ordinary differential equation model to test whether rebounding bald eagle numbers were primarily responsible for declining numbers of gulls nesting on Protection Island, Washington.

Volume

57

First Page

177

Last Page

200

Book Title

Modeling Behavior and Population Dynamics: Seabirds, Seals, and Marine Iguanas

Editor

Jim M. Cushing, Shandelle M. Henson, & James L. Hayward

Publisher

Springer

City

Cham, Switzerland

Series

Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics

ISBN

978-3-031-34283-7

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34283-7_10

First Department

Mathematics

Second Department

Biology

Recommended Citation

Cushing, Jim M.; Henson, Shandelle M.; and Hayward, James L., "Predator-Prey Dynamics of Bald Eagles and Glaucous-Winged Gulls" (2023). Faculty Publications. 5013.
https://digitalcommons.andrews.edu/pubs/5013