Fig. 4.

Amplitude (upper) and period (lower) of prey oscillations in the spatially uniform solution of (11) as a function of relative patch size for different values of predator residence index. Patch type 1 is the ‘good’ patch type (${\lambda }_1=10$) and type 2, the ‘bad’ patch type (${\lambda }_2=5$). Patch sizes $l_1,l_2$ satisfy $l_1+l_2=1$. Left: ${\rho }_1^u=4,{\rho }_2^u=4$ (curves corresponding to each predator residence index pair are indistinguishable ). Centre: ${\rho }_1^u=5,{\rho }_2^u=3$. Right: ${\rho }_1^u=6,{\rho }_2^u=2$. Other parameters $h_1=h_2=0.5,\gamma =0.9,m_1=m_2=1.0,{\mu }_1={\mu }_2=1.75,a_1=a_2=3.0.$