Lotka-Volterra equation

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Lotka-Volterra equation (plural Lotka-Volterra equations)

  1. Either of a pair of first-order nonlinear differential equations that are frequently used to describe the dynamics of biological systems in which two species interact, one as a predator and the other as prey.
    Synonym: predator-prey equation