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Predator behavior can be identified in prey large-scale spatial patterns
Large-scale spatial pattern emerging from interactions between simulated phytoplankton (green) and zooplankton (red) populations. Specifically, this image merges snapshots for the density of each population (darker color represents higher density), resulting from population-level equations that we deduced by scaling-up an individual-level phytoplankton-zooplankton model. All together, our framework and scaling procedure reveal that signatures of predator individual-level behavior can be observed and quantified in prey large-scale spatial patterns. Colombo et al. 2026
Image Credit: Eduardo Colombo