BIOL 3061 Lecture 5: Second Half Communities & Ecosystem Notes
17 Jan 2018
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In general, # of links per sp was actually constant at around. Ix is interaction strength, tn is abundance in intact community, td is abundance after species x is removed, nx is. Lecture 6a introduction to loop analysis: core model is used to show symmetry, not just looking at one point in time, trying to imagine open ended time of a system. J= variable veing affected ether positively or negatively. Input is always positive: components of the equation are input, path, f(complement) Juvenile is red and terrestrial, adult is aquatic: adults hibernate, almost a 50% turnover from year to year. Immigration is always replacing the breeder, can make for a very robust system: recolonization balances extinction, non-equilibrium, ex. Guest beazley applying ecological/landscape concepts to large-scale conservation: government can"t protect land because 70% is private, 12% of land was protected in 2015.
