Question

Suppose the owl's primary food source is a single prey: mice. An ecologist wishes to predict the population levels of owls and mice in a wildlife sanctuary. Letting M_n represent the mouse population after n years and O_n the predator owl population, the ecologist has suggested the model   

M_n+1 = 1.3M_n - 0.002O_nM_n

O_n+1 = 0.8O_n + 0.001O_nM_n

A)     (Mice, Owl) =(0, 0) and (200, 150) are the equilibrium points.

B)     (Mice, Owl)=(200, 150) is the only equilibrium point.

C)     (Mice, Owl)=(0, 0) and (0, 150) are the equilibrium points.

D)     (Mice, Owl)=(0, 0) and (200, 0) are the equilibrium points.

E)     (Mice, Owl) = (0, 0), (200, 0), (0, 150) and (200, 150) are the equilibrium points.

Answer 1