Consider an ecological network consisting of three interconnected habitats (A B C A). Ecologists want to model the occupancy dynamics of a particular species "Species" across these habitats over time using a discrete time discrete state stochastic process. State Space: State 0: Species X is absent from all habitats. State 1: Species X is present in Habitat A State 2 : Species X is present in Habitat B. State 3: Species X is present in Habitat C. State 4: Species X is present in Habitats A&B State 5: Species X is present in Habitats A&C. State 6: Species X is present in Habitats B&C. State 7: Species X is present in All Habitats. Transition Probabilities: Rule 1: The probability of colonizing an adjacent habitat is 0.2. Rule 2: The probability of extinction from a habitat is 0.15. Rule 3: The probability of recolonization of a random habitat is 0.1 A) Draw a schematic diagram of the Markov Process illustrating states and transitions. Define the transition rate matrix forthis discrete time discrete

Consider an ecological network consisting of three interconnected habitats (A B C A). Ecologists want to model the occupancy dynamics of a particular species "Species" across these habitats over time using a discrete time discrete state stochastic process. State Space: State 0: Species X is absent from all habitats. State 1: Species X is present in Habitat A State 2 : Species X is present in Habitat B. State 3: Species X is present in Habitat C. State 4: Species X is present in Habitats A&B State 5: Species X is present in Habitats A&C. State 6: Species X is present in Habitats B&C. State 7: Species X is present in All Habitats. Transition Probabilities: Rule 1: The probability of colonizing an adjacent habitat is 0.2. Rule 2: The probability of extinction from a habitat is 0.15. Rule 3: The probability of recolonization of a random habitat is 0.1 A) Draw a schematic diagram of the Markov Process illustrating states and transitions. Define the transition rate matrix forthis discrete time discrete

BIOLOGY:CONCEPTS+APPL.(LOOSELEAF)

10th Edition

ISBN:9781305967359

Author:STARR

Publisher:STARR

Chapter41: Community Ecology

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 13SA

See similar textbooks

Similar questions

Which principle of community ecology is illustrated by the following example: Two closely related species of small fish occupy the upper two feet of water when they occur in separate ponds, but if they are in the same pond, species a is more often found in the uppermost foot, and species b in the foot below.
The type of place where a species typically lives is called its _______. a. niche c. community b. habitat d. population
The _______________ signifies that species richness is greater where two communities meet than at the center of either community. (a) edge effect (b) fundamental niche (c) character displacement (d) realized niche (e) limiting resource
Which of the following methods will provide information to an ecologist about both the size and density of a population? a. mark and recapture b. mark and release c. quadrat d. life table
The tendency for two similar species to differ from each other more markedly in areas where they occur together is known as (a) Mllerian mimicry (b) Batesian mimicry (c) resource partitioning (d) competitive exclusion (e) character displacement
Population _______________ is the number of individuals of a species per unit of habitat area or volume at a given time. (a) dispersion (b) density (c) survivorship (d) age structure (e) demographics
Predation, disease, and competition are examples of _______________ factors. (a) density-dependent (b) density-independent (c) survivorship (d) dispersal (e) semelparous
Why are studies of ecosystems more inclusive than studies of populations?
Complete competitors cannot coexist is a statement of the principle of (a) primary succession (b) limiting resources (c) Mllerian mimicry (d) competitive exclusion (e) character displacement
EVOLUTION LINK Biologists have wondered how introduced species that would probably have limited genetic variation (due to the founder effect) survive and adapt so successfully that they become invasive. Part of the answer may be that invasive species are the result of multiple introductions instead of a single one. Explain how multiple introductions from a species native area to an introduced area could increase that species invasion success.
Competition with other species helps determine an organisms (a) ecotone (b) fundamental niche (c) realized niche (d) limiting resource (e) ecosystem
An ecologist studying several forest-dwelling, insect-eating bird species does not find any evidence of interspecific competition. The most likely explanation is (a) lack of a keystone species (b) low species richness (c) pronounced intraspecific competition (d) coevolution of predatorprey strategies (e) resource partitioning