Functional response

5 important questions on Functional response

Types of functional response

Type 1 = linear
Type 2 = saturated
Type 3 = sigmoid

Quasi steady state

Split consumers into free (F) and handling (C)
N = F + C

Sigmoid functional response can rise slowly in the beginning because?

Prey can hide in hiding places, “refugia”.
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Hopf bifurcation occurs when?

R* is in the middle/top of the parabola

Beddington functional response

When consumers are competing ->  R* nullcline is slanted to the right, and if consumers are helping each other its slanted to the left

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