The same patch yields different interaction results at different ages

Evidence

Because the genetic structure of both plant and insect populations can change within patches over time, a study of insect-plant interactions in a 50-year-old patch may provide very different results from a study in the same patch when only 10 years old. — S. T. A. Pickett and P. S. White, eds., The Ecology of Natural Disturbance and…, 1654

Categorization

• SEED: Angle for a methods/essay piece: ecological field studies are snapshots of changing patches, so results are contingent on patch age — a caution for ‘what happened here’ reading in landscape courses.
• ADDENDUM: Relevant to the landscape course’s core method: interpreting present structure requires knowing patch age, echoing the disturbance-history logic of ‘Grafting & Growth’.
• XREF: connects to: Forms of interaction retain identity across varied contents and historical settings — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 202

Broader Connections

• Forms of interaction retain identity across varied contents and historical settings #complicates (0.75) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 202