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  Q : What is the carrying capacity (K) for this population?    300   Q : Carrying capacity (K) represents one equilibrium point in this model. Try to find another equilibrium point- that is, a point where the population neither grows nor declines. 100.     Max Fecundity, Min Mortality set to equal

Q: What is the carrying capacity (K) for this population?    300

Q: Carrying capacity (K) represents one equilibrium point in this model. Try to find another equilibrium point- that is, a point where the population neither grows nor declines. 100.

   Max Fecundity, Min Mortality set to equal each other. Also, set Allele threshold to equal population value.

Q: is this equilibrium a stable equilibrium or an unstable equilibrium?

Unstable

Q: if you plot birth and death rates as a function of density in this model, can you identify the two equilibria?

Yes.

Q: Why do Allee effects generally spell bad news for w wildlife conservation and management?

"A population exhibiting a strong Allee effect will have a critical population size or density under which the population growth rate becomes negative. Therefore, when the population density or size hits a number below this threshold, the population will be destined for extinction without any further aid"(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allee_effect).

And just for fun, here is an article about the passenger pigeon and its possible “de-extinction”

Q: Do you support bringing back the passenger pigeon? Why or why not??

Yes, because they benefit other members of the food chain, particularly predators. One of the reasons they were hunted to extinction is because they were a tasty, cheap food for humans. They were also a Keystone species.

 Jackson's System of Systems Methodology (SOSM)  framework presents a construct that enables one to begin to make sense of the broad array of approaches that claim to embrace the Systems Thinking paradigm.   Video
Jackson's System of Systems Methodology (SOSM) framework presents a construct that enables one to begin to make sense of the broad array of approaches that claim to embrace the Systems Thinking paradigm.
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 Goodwin cycle  IM-2010  with debt and taxes added, modified from Steve Keen's illustration of Hyman Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis "stability begets instability". This can be extended by adding the Ponzi effect of borrowing for speculative investment.

Goodwin cycle IM-2010 with debt and taxes added, modified from Steve Keen's illustration of Hyman Minsky's Financial Instability Hypothesis "stability begets instability". This can be extended by adding the Ponzi effect of borrowing for speculative investment.

A model of a typical Australian sheep farm, where wool is the primary product, with first-cross fat lambs a secondary product.    This model attempts to model the behaviour in response to stocking rates and finances
A model of a typical Australian sheep farm, where wool is the primary product, with first-cross fat lambs a secondary product.

This model attempts to model the behaviour in response to stocking rates and finances
14 hours ago
This is a food chain of BIOTIC factors. They are animals or plants that have been alive or are alive. Dead rodents or bacteria are both biotic factors. Food webs are 100% consisted of biotic factors.
This is a food chain of BIOTIC factors. They are animals or plants that have been alive or are alive. Dead rodents or bacteria are both biotic factors. Food webs are 100% consisted of biotic factors.