GEOG 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Herbivore, Decomposer
23 Jan 2020
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Theories of population control: every population is unique (no model can fully cover every species) 3- way critique: 1) material truth of premises, 2) formal structure and internal consistency of the argument, 3) by challenging the conclusions on the basis of methodology. Resources other than food supply e. g. space : 2. Self-regulatory systems of the type postulated: 3. 2) structure and internal consistency critique: 1. Food limitation is applied differently with herbivores and carnivores: hariston concludes herbivores are not food limited but carnivores are, 2. Can predictions be tested by observation or experiment: possible tests on, 1) single populations, 2) groups of populations, 3) trophic levels. Presentation of ideas that arose from critique and its implications: how to make hairston"s idea testable: Critique of hairston et al. (1960: regards to premises, logic and internal consistency, and methodology, major points in paper are not acceptable.
