Trophic

... to me that there is little friction in your model. No that's not an ecological term, but I'm using it because it makes sense. It sounds like every trophic level is able to operate with zero resistance (ie competition, disease, environmental hazards, etc). I know that every factor added to your ...

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... diverse area as the Pacific Northwest, on the other we have the vast array of biotic life like the South American forest. One might think, a catostrophic event in the Pacific Nw would push a ecosystem beyond the brink of recovery. All the while a bio diverse place such as the rainforest would ...

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... one of the species from the equation, and you've got a lot of instability. Now think of a very complex food web with hundreds of species on each trophic level. Remove one species, and the impact is diluted by the presence of all the other species, maintaining relative stability. I am not so sure ...

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... one of the species from the equation, and you've got a lot of instability. Now think of a very complex food web with hundreds of species on each trophic level. Remove one species, and the impact is diluted by the presence of all the other species, maintaining relative stability.

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Just quickly: are the higher trophic levels 'grazing' the lower trophic levels faster than they can be regenerated? Fisheries are failing because of this...

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