Preview - From Ecosystems To Speciation

Stabilizing the System


As stated earlier, a stable system will tend to have a relatively steady population over the course of time, and an unstable system will eventually result in the extinction of one or more of the populations.

Your challenge at this point is to turn the "moose-wolves" ecosystem (which is based on the Lotka-Volterra equation-based model) into a stable system that allows for continuous generations of both wolves and moose for at least 300 ticks.

The variable "moose-wolves" must be selected in the model version dropdown menu.

You should only spend about 5-10 minutes on this activity.  Don't worry if you aren't able to find a way to stabilize the system.  Whether you stabilize it or not, describe your thought process by answering the questions below.


Questions

Please answer the questions below.

Which specific variable(s) did you change and how did you change them?


Explain why you made these changes.  How do you think these changes helped to stabilize the ecosystem?


Notes

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