We hunt for food, and we hunt for fun. But we are unlike other natural predators, according to a study recently published in Science. We are “super-predators”, researchers say. Most natural ...

In contrast, seed predation in treefall gaps was indistinguishable from predation beneath fruiting F. occidentalis, while seedling predation in gaps was even greater than beneath conspecific adults.

Functional Response and Predator-Prey Interactions Publication Trend The graph below shows the total number of publications each year in Functional Response and Predator-Prey Interactions.

A similar example is shown in the graph below and shows characteristic repeating patterns called predator-prey cycles.