Conflict between dynamical and evolutionary stability in simple ecosystems |
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Authors: | Jarad P. Mellard Ford Ballantyne IV |
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Affiliation: | 1. Center for Biodiversity Theory and Modeling, Station d’Ecologie Experimentale du CNRS, 09200, Moulis, France 2. Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, 140 E. Green St., Athens, GA, 30602, USA
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Abstract: | Here, we address the essential question of whether, in the context of evolving populations, ecosystems attain properties that enable persistence of the ecosystem itself. We use a simple ecosystem model describing resource, producer, and consumer dynamics to analyze how evolution affects dynamical stability properties of the ecosystem. In particular, we compare resilience of the entire system after allowing the producer and consumer populations to evolve to their evolutionarily stable strategy (ESS) to the maximum attainable resilience. We find a substantial reduction in ecosystem resilience when producers and consumers are allowed to evolve compared to the maximal attainable resilience. This study illustrates the inherent difference and possible conflict between maximizing individual-level fitness and maximizing resilience of entire ecosystems. |
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