Model ecosystem energy flows and species interactions
ecosystem-dynamicsskillsetup L1★64
Tibsfox/gsd-skill-creator ↗What it does
Predict population and community responses to environmental change
Best for
Assessing extinction risk or recovery potential under climate or habitat change
Inputs
- · Species life history traits
- · Resource availability
- · Disturbance regime
Outputs
- · Population projection
- · Community composition forecast
- · Stability analysis
Requires
- · Population dynamics software (RAMAS, Vortex)
- · Food web model
- · Niche distribution software
Preconditions
- · Species interactions mapped
- · Environmental driver(s) quantified
Failure modes
- · Density-dependent growth ignored (population explosion)
- · Predator-prey cycle phase not captured
- · Resource limitation not modeled
- · Dispersal/migration underestimated
Trust signals
- · Logistic growth model and variants
- · Lotka-Volterra predator-prey
- · Stable-stage-structure models
- · Resilience and hysteresis concepts