Equation of predator functional response and estimation of the parameters in it.
Author of the article:WU Kun-Jun，SHENG Cheng-Fa，GONG Pei-Yu
Author's Workplace：(Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100080,China)
Key Words：predatory insects; functional response; disc equation; parameter estimation
Abstract：Insect functional response is defined as the response of consumption of prey by individual predator to change of prey density in certain period of time. Origin of the disc equation describing the functional response and the methods how to calculate the pa