Q2.15. if hares moved faster and were thus harder for lynx to capture, which rate in the lotka-volterra predator-prey model would change?

if the hares very faster than they are now, and thus the lynx's hunting success rate drops because it will be harder to catch them, the rate that will change will be the pray-rate. the pray-rate will change because more hares will be able to survive, thus more individuals for reproduction, so the end result will be increasing population of hares.

the predator-rate will remain pretty much the same because there will be more than enough pray, but the hunting success rate is stagnant.

b. read the phase at the intersection of any given temperature and pressure.