Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Source-sink Dynamics Population Ecology Metapopulation

Biol305This model was initially set up by Insight Author: Kevin T Shoemaker

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Source-sink Dynamics Population Ecology Metapopulation

This model simulates animal metapopulations in spatially explicit landscapes, and includes environmental stochasticity.

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Source-sink Dynamics Population Ecology Metapopulation

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

2f. [thought question] Is it possible for r maxrmax to be positive and yet for the total regional abundance to exhibit a persistent declining trend? Explain your reasoning, using at least one biologically realistic example. You can use the agent-based metapopulation model in InsightMaker to help test your ideas, but this is not required.

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Just as we can use metapopulation models to study the probability of regional extinction, we can also study regional abundance and regional abundance trends.

Source-sink Dynamics Population Ecology Metapopulation

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Source-sink Dynamics Population Ecology Metapopulation

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Source-sink Dynamics Population Ecology Metapopulation

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model

Metapopulation Agent-Based Model