Fragmented-landscape populations rarely reach equilibrium, defeating deterministic management
Evidence
Because of the greater role of stochastic effects and the inevitable time lags in recruitment and patch colonization, populations (much less communities) in a fragmented landscape are not likely to be in overall equilibrium, and theory or management practices founded upon equilibrium or deterministic assumptions are not likely to perform very well. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1233
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Ecology abandoned stability theories for models of complex change. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 986; Equilibrium succession models give way to a kinetic view accepting site instability — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 367; Large-scale disturbances can prevent landscapes from reaching equilibrium — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 2272 (+5 more)
Broader Connections
- Large-scale disturbances can prevent landscapes from reaching equilibrium
#corroborates(0.85) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 2272 - Patch turnover rate governs mutant fate when extinction outpaces migration
#qualifies(0.72) — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1823 - Spatial-temporal disconnect makes environmental conservation an abstraction not a necessity
#expands(0.70) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2529