ENV100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Adaptive Radiation, Herbivore, Exponential Growth
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Controlled by rates of transfer processes and capacities of reservoirs. Source where flux is coming from (a source give out more than it takes in) Sink where flux is going (a sink takes in more than it gives out) Content in reservoir is also referred to as burden. Unit of mass or volume per unit of time. Time required for burden to run out/ time required to fill burden = turnover time. Average time spent by a material in the reservoir = residence time. Turnover time = residence time steady state. Positive feedback self perpetuating (escalate more more more) Negative feedback self limiting (homeostatic return to initial state) Study of interactions among organisms and their physical environment as an integrated system. A way of looking at organisms and their interactions with the environment as an integrated system. Resistance = system resistance change and remains stable despite a disturbance.
