FAQ: Why isn't there a term for the rabbit death rate besides being killed by the foxes?

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Submitted by: Asa Hopkins
Submitted on: October 4, 2004

The rabbit birth rate is really the "net" birth rate -- it incorporates the birth rate as well as the death rate if there were no foxes. Similarly for the foxes; the death rate is the "net" death rate.