Predator-prey equations

Lotka–Volterra equations - first-order nonlinear differential equations, frequently used to describe the dynamics of biological systems in which two species interact, one as a predator and the other as prey. Article “Predator-prey equations” in Simple English Wikipedia has 35.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 6 references and 9 sections.

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

In June 2025 the article “Predator-prey equations” was edited by 1 authors in Simple English Wikipedia (9987^th place) and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Predator-prey equations”, its content was written by 7 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 642 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 12 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1415 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #2479 in December 2020
• Global: #20799 in March 2022

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #11710 in August 2021
• Global: #51579 in April 2025

There are 26 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Lotka–Volterra equations		62.6527
2	Japanese (ja) ロトカ・ヴォルテラの方程式		60.0143
3	German (de) Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen		47.467
4	Chinese (zh) 洛特卡-沃爾泰拉方程		43.1989
5	Simple English (simple) Predator-prey equations		35.6994
6	Polish (pl) Równanie Lotki-Volterry		30.9539
7	Dutch (nl) Lotka-Volterravergelijking		27.5575
8	Spanish (es) Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra		24.5785
9	Hebrew (he) משוואות לוטקה-וולטרה		21.6941
10	French (fr) Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra		20.6928

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Predator-prey equations" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Lotka–Volterra equations		2 814 106
2	Japanese (ja) ロトカ・ヴォルテラの方程式		377 205
3	French (fr) Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra		334 351
4	German (de) Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen		308 557
5	Russian (ru) Модель Лотки — Вольтерры		246 730
6	Italian (it) Equazioni di Lotka-Volterra		226 094
7	Spanish (es) Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra		174 445
8	Polish (pl) Równanie Lotki-Volterry		115 474
9	Chinese (zh) 洛特卡-沃爾泰拉方程		96 468
10	Portuguese (pt) Equação de Lotka-Volterra		86 609

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Predator-prey equations" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Lotka–Volterra equations		12 105
2	French (fr) Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra		2 531
3	Japanese (ja) ロトカ・ヴォルテラの方程式		1 682
4	Spanish (es) Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra		1 010
5	German (de) Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen		882
6	Russian (ru) Модель Лотки — Вольтерры		814
7	Korean (ko) 로트카-볼테라 방정식		778
8	Italian (it) Equazioni di Lotka-Volterra		774
9	Simple English (simple) Predator-prey equations		458
10	Polish (pl) Równanie Lotki-Volterry		437

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Predator-prey equations" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Lotka–Volterra equations		189
2	German (de) Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen		63
3	French (fr) Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra		63
4	Italian (it) Equazioni di Lotka-Volterra		50
5	Russian (ru) Модель Лотки — Вольтерры		37
6	Japanese (ja) ロトカ・ヴォルテラの方程式		29
7	Polish (pl) Równanie Lotki-Volterry		28
8	Spanish (es) Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra		25
9	Portuguese (pt) Equação de Lotka-Volterra		20
10	Ukrainian (uk) Рівняння Лотки — Вольтерри		17

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Predator-prey equations" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Lotka–Volterra equations		2
2	French (fr) Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra		2
3	Simple English (simple) Predator-prey equations		1
4	Catalan (ca) Equacions de Lotka-Volterra		0
5	Danish (da) Lotka-Volterra-ligningerne		0
6	German (de) Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen		0
7	Esperanto (eo) Ekvacio de Lotka-Volterra		0
8	Spanish (es) Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra		0
9	Estonian (et) Lotka-Volterra mudel		0
10	Persian (fa) معادله لوتکا-ولتررا		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Predator-prey equations" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Lotka–Volterra equations		492
2	Ukrainian (uk) Рівняння Лотки — Вольтерри		208
3	Persian (fa) معادله لوتکا-ولتررا		171
4	French (fr) Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra		89
5	Polish (pl) Równanie Lotki-Volterry		67
6	Portuguese (pt) Equação de Lotka-Volterra		60
7	German (de) Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen		41
8	Vietnamese (vi) Phương trình Lotka–Volterra		34
9	Chinese (zh) 洛特卡-沃爾泰拉方程		33
10	Spanish (es) Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra		32

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan Equacions de Lotka-Volterra
da	Danish Lotka-Volterra-ligningerne
de	German Lotka-Volterra-Gleichungen
en	English Lotka–Volterra equations
eo	Esperanto Ekvacio de Lotka-Volterra
es	Spanish Ecuaciones de Lotka-Volterra
et	Estonian Lotka-Volterra mudel
fa	Persian معادله لوتکا-ولتررا
fi	Finnish Lotkan–Volterran yhtälö
fr	French Équations de prédation de Lotka-Volterra
he	Hebrew משוואות לוטקה-וולטרה
it	Italian Equazioni di Lotka-Volterra
ja	Japanese ロトカ・ヴォルテラの方程式
ko	Korean 로트카-볼테라 방정식
lt	Lithuanian Lotkos–Volteros lygtys
nl	Dutch Lotka-Volterravergelijking
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Lotka-Volterra-likning
pl	Polish Równanie Lotki-Volterry
pt	Portuguese Equação de Lotka-Volterra
ru	Russian Модель Лотки — Вольтерры
simple	Simple English Predator-prey equations
sr	Serbian Једначина Лотка–Волтера
sv	Swedish Lotka–Volterras ekvation
uk	Ukrainian Рівняння Лотки — Вольтерри
vi	Vietnamese Phương trình Lotka–Volterra
zh	Chinese 洛特卡-沃爾泰拉方程

Best Rank

Simple English: #11710 08.2021

Global: #51579 04.2025

Best Rank

Simple English: #2479 12.2020

Global: #20799 03.2022

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