Preview - From Ecosystems To Speciation

Complexity and Stability

Questions

Please answer the questions below.

In the second version of the model, there is a third type of organism (plants) in the ecosystem.  This makes it a more complicated system, since there are more possible interactions between types of organisms.  Were you surprised that making the model more complicated made it more stable?  Why?

Why do you think making the model more complicated made it more stable?

Notes

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