The Evolutionary Seesaw:Origins of Biodiversity?
Carl Boettiger
UC Davis
August 26, 2009
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[ biodiversity ]
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[ insects ]
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The Evolutionary Seesaw
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Pairwise Invasibility Plot
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Adding coexistence times
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Puzzles of biodiversity, or, why so many beetles?
Understanding the control nobs of biodiversity
Population size
Mutation rate
Competition strength
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Thanks!
Ulf Dieckmann
Rupert Mazzucco
EEP Team
IIASA
NAS
UCD
CSGF, DoE
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Calculating coexistence times
T (x) = 2
Z x
a
dyR by
exp
„R za dx
»2A(x)B(x)
–«B(z)
dz
exp“R y
a dxh
2A(x)B(x)
i” (1)
All A
"Energ
y"
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Adding numerical data
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