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Ecology

the prediction from predator-prey models that a general mortality factor acting on both species raises the average prey and lowers the average predator numbers.

In ecology, Volterra principle refers to the prediction from predator-prey models that a general mortality factor acting on both species raises the average prey and lowers the average predator numbers. This meaning comes from Volterra (1926) in Nature.[1]

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References

Volterra, V. (1926). Fluctuations in the Abundance of a Species considered Mathematically1. Nature, 118(2972), 558-560. https://doi.org/10.1038/118558a0

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