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

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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.

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  1. Department of Mathematics, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

    Jim M. Cushing

  2. Department of Mathematics and Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA

    Shandelle M. Henson

  3. Department of Biology, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI, USA

    James L. Hayward

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Cushing, J.M., Henson, S.M., Hayward, J.L. (2023). Predator-Prey Dynamics of Bald Eagles and Glaucous-Winged Gulls. In: Modeling Behavior and Population Dynamics. Interdisciplinary Applied Mathematics, vol 57. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34283-7_10

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