Ambush Predation as a Destabilizing Influence Upon Prey Populations

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Abstract
A description of ambush predation is incorporated into the Holling disc equation for the functional response. The resultant model is examined under different assumptions relating to the dependence of prey group size upon density, the relationship between conspicuousness and group size and the likelihood of a successful attack as a function of group size. The predicted functional response can be complicated in form but tends to be destabilizing.