In 1958, Carl B. Huffaker conducted several experiments using mites, oranges, and rubber balls to demonstrate how this phenomenon progresses via a “hide-and-seek” dynamic. Seed dispersal is regulated by distance-responsive and density-dependent forms of this phenomenon according to the Janzen-Connell hypothesis. The extent of this interaction is plotted on the y-axis of functional response curves formulated by C. S. Holling. This interaction regulates abundance in ecosystems subject to (*) top-down control. It’s not competition, but fluctuations in species density due to this interaction can be modeled using the Lotka-Volterra equations. Mobbing and aposematic coloration are two strategies many organisms use to deter this interaction. For 10 points, name this action in which an organism captures and eats its prey. ■END■
ANSWER: predation [or being a predator; accept predator-prey interactions; accept distance-responsive predation; accept density-dependent predation; accept descriptions indicating that one organism is preying on another organism; prompt on hunting; prompt on foraging or forage; prompt on eating until “eats” is read; prompt on consuming or consumption until “eats” is read; prompt on coexistence with “what action is occurring between the coexisting parties?”]
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