This study investigated the impact of sublethal concentrations of dinotefuran on the predatory behavior and detoxification enzyme activity of Harmonia axyridis, aiming to establish a theoretical foundation for the conservation and utilization of natu...
This study examines the dynamics of a stochastic prey–predator model using a functional response function driven by Lévy noise and a mixed Holling-II and Beddington–DeAngelis functional response. The proposed model presents a compu...
In this paper, we study the factor of the fear effect in a predator–prey model with prey refuge and a non-differentiable fractional functional response due to the group defense. Since the functional response is non-differentiable, the dynamics...
In this paper, we researched some dynamical behaviors of a stochastic predator–prey system, which is considered under the combination of Crowley–Martin functional response and stage structure. First, we obtained the existence and uniquene...
This study examines a discrete fractional-order predator–prey system incorporating a Holling type-III functional response. The Caputo fractional derivative is employed because it naturally incorporates memory and hereditary effects while preser...
In this paper, we investigate the stability of equilibrium in the stage-structured and density-dependent predator–prey system with Beddington–DeAngelis functional response. First, by checking the sign of the real part for eigenvalue, local stability...
In the past few decades, the predator–prey model has played an important role in the dynamic behavior of populations. Many scholars have studied the stability of the predator–prey system. Due to the complex influence of time delay on the...
In this paper we study a fuzzy predator-prey model with functional response
Considering the harvesting of prey and stocking of predator impulsively at different fixed moments of time, this paper studies the dynamics of a seasonally competitive m-prey and n-predator impulsive system, which is focused more specifically in four...
In this paper, by introducing environmental white noise and telegraph noise, we proposed a stochastic predator–prey model with the Beddington–DeAngelis type functional response and investigated its dynamical behavior. Persistence and exti...
The present work is focused on a predator–prey model with the Holling type II interaction function, which is influenced by diffusion, advection and nonlinear reaction effects. Firstly, we show that the solutions of this dynamical model are boun...
This paper investigates the local dynamics of a discrete predator–prey system incorporating an Allee effect and a Holling-IV functional response. After nondimensionalization, a positivity-preserving discrete model is obtained by the semi-discre...
In this paper, we use a semi-discretization method to consider the predator–prey model of Leslie type with ratio-dependent simplified Holling type IV functional response. First, we discuss the existence and stability of the positive fixed point...
Habitat fragmentation threatens terrestrial arthropod biodiversity, and thereby also leads to alterations of ecosystem functioning and stability. Predation on insects and seeds by arthropods are two very important ecological functions because of thei...
The water lily aphid (Rhopalosiphum nymphaeae) is a highly polyphagous herbivore that causes severe damage to many terrestrial and aquatic plants, especially lotus. Due to environmental concerns about water pollution and other issues caused by chemic...
Urbanization is one of the most important global trends which causes habitat reduction and alteration which are, in turn, the main reasons for the well-documented reduction in structural and functional diversity in urbanized environments. In contrast...
Megalurothrips usitatus (Bagnall) is one of the most important pests harming alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) in Ningxia. In the field, Orius strigicollis (Poppius) is abundant. It has a high search efficiency and consumption rate of prey on a wide range...
Habitat complexity can profoundly influence interactions between predators and their prey due to changes to foraging efficiencies. In aquatic systems, habitat alterations can alter pursuit times and swimming behaviours of predator–prey particip...
Understanding predator–prey and predator–predator interactions is essential for evaluating the effectiveness of biocontrol agents and developing efficient pest management strategies. This study investigates the effects of prey species, pr...
A rectangular microchannel heat sink is modeled by employing thermal resistance and pressure drop networks. The available correlations for both thermal resistance and pressure drop are utilized in optimization. A multi-objective optimization techniqu...
This study aimed to clarify the functional response and control potential of O. sauteri in relation to tea thrips. The functional response, interference response, and control potential of O. sauteri on adult tea thrips, in different insect stages and...
The use of non-crop plants to provide the resources that herbivorous crop pests’ natural enemies need is being increasingly incorporated into integrated pest management programs. We evaluated insect functional groups found on three refuges consisting...
Dispersal among species is an important factor that can govern the prey–predator model’s dynamics and cause a variety of spatial structures on a geographical scale. These structures form when passive diffusion interacts with the reaction...
The lepidopteran pest, Spodoptera frugiperda (JE Smith), spread rapidly after its first detection in China and has caused significant yield loss to maize production in the southwestern part of the country. Although natural enemies of S. frugiperda ar...
The rotation patterns of summer rice–winter oil seed rape and summer rice–winter fallow are the main planting regimes in the rice ecosystem in southern China. However, the impact of local rotation patterns and landscape factors on the ove...
The predatory mirids Macrolophus pygmaeus Ramber (Heteroptera: Miridae) and Nesidiocoris tenuis Reuter (Heteroptera: Miridae) are used for the biological control of Tuta absoluta Meyrick (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) and other pests in tomato greenhouse...
Spider mites are globally distributed pests that cause significant damage to a wide range of crops. The use of predators for the control of pest mites is an effective and environmentally sustainable strategy. Stethorus punctillum Weise (Coleoptera: C...
Over recent decades, intraguild predation (IGP) has attracted special attention, both from the theoretical and practical standpoints. The present paper addresses the interference competition between two Trichogramma species (egg parasitoids)—on...
The rapid increase in the world’s human population has largely been attributed to efforts aimed at enhancing primary productivity and enriching food resources. However, an intriguing proposition of M. Rosenzweig, known as the paradox of enrichm...
In biological control, joint releases of predators and parasitoids are standard. However, intraguild predation (IGP) can occur when a predator attacks a parasitoid, potentially affecting pest control dynamics. In addition to the focal prey (FP), Tria...
In this article, we study the existence and uniqueness of multiple positive periodic solutions for a Gilpin–Ayala predator-prey model under consideration by applying asymptotically periodic functions. The result of this paper is completely new....
The olive grove is a key landscape across the Mediterranean basin. This agroecosystem is threatened by Xylella fastidiosa, the causal agent of the olive tree quick decline syndrome, Philaenus spumarius being the main vector. A way to limit pest popul...
Venoms are one of the most convergent of animal traits known, and encompass a much greater taxonomic and functional diversity than is commonly appreciated. This knowledge gap limits the potential of venom as a model trait in evolutionary biology. Her...
Kellicottia bostoniensis is a rotifer species originating from North America, with numerous reports documenting its spread to Europe and South America. Meanwhile, in Asia, the occurrence of this non-native species has been scarcely documented, but it...
Functional diversity is crucial to ecosystem functioning in agricultural landscapes. Intensive agriculture has led to habitat homogeneity and thus a decrease in biodiversity and the disappearance of useful epigeic fauna. This study investigated how l...
The diamondback moth, Plutella xylostella, is a major pest of cruciferous crops, and predatory insects are important candidates for its biological control. However, predator performance may vary substantially across developmental stages, complicating...
Snake sloughs in bird nests can reduce nest predation and serve as an anti-predator strategy. However, the anti-predator function of snake sloughs in nests has only been tested twice, and it is difficult to speculate around the origin of the differen...
To solve the problems of the original sparrow search algorithm’s poor ability to jump out of local extremes and its insufficient ability to achieve global optimization, this paper simulates the different learning forms of students in each ranki...
In this paper, a diffusive predator–prey system with a functional response that increases in both predator and prey densities is considered. By analyzing the characteristic roots of the partial differential equation system, the Turing instabili...
In this study, a model based on the improved grey wolf optimizer (GWO) for optimizing RVFL is proposed to enable the problem of poor accuracy of Oil layer prediction due to the randomness of the parameters present in the random vector function link (...
Understanding trophic interactions is essential for the prediction and measurement of structure and function in aquatic environments. Communities in these ecosystems may be shaped by variables such as predator diversity, prey density and emergent mul...
Dicyphine mirids are important biological control agents (BCAs) in horticultural crops. Dicyphus cerastii Wagner can be found in protected tomato crops in Portugal, and has been observed feeding on several tomato pests. However, the predation capacit...
In the predator–prey system, predators can affect the prey population by direct killing and predation fear. In the present study, we consider a delayed predator–prey model with fear and Beddington–DeAngelis functional response. The...
Tuta absoluta (Meyrick) has quickly developed into a significant tomato pest worldwide. While the recently found mirid predators Macrolophus basicornis (Stal), Engytatus varians (Distant) and Campyloneuropsis infumatus (Carvalho) of this pest are abl...
Paracoccus marginatus (Hemiptera: Pseudococcidae) poses a significant threat to over 200 plant species, severely impacting agricultural productivity. Diomus guilavoguii (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae) is a natural predator of P. marginatus. To develop an...
In this paper, we carry out some research on a predator–prey system with maturation delay, a stage structure for generalist predators and a Holling type-II functional response, which has already been proposed. First, for the delayed model, we o...
We here investigate the dynamic behavior of continuous and discrete versions of a fractional-order predator–prey system with anti-predator behavior and a Holling type IV functional response. First, we establish the non-negativity, existence, un...
In view of prey’s delayed fear due to predators, delayed predator gestation, and the significance of intra-specific competition between predators when their populations are sufficiently large, a prey–predator population model with a densi...
Decreasing frequency of freeze events due to climate change is enabling the poleward range expansion of mangroves. As these tropical trees expand poleward, they are replacing herbaceous saltmarsh vegetation. Mangroves and saltmarsh vegetation are eco...
We consider a model of predator–prey interaction at fractional-order where the predation obeys the ratio-dependent functional response and the prey is linearly harvested. For the proposed model, we show the existence, uniqueness, non-negativity...
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