BSC3052 Conservation Biology FSU Exam 2
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- Give a range of outcomes from the same initial
conditions
- Most important when studying small populations
Stochastic Models
and making short to medium term predictions
- Most population viability analyses will include
some form of stochasticity
- Environmental stochasticity
Sources of Variation - Demographic stochasticity
- Catastrophes
- Temporal variation in vital rates driven by changes
in the biotic or abiotic environment
- Local and small populations are often most at risk
Environmental
from environmental stochasticity
Stochasticity
- Increases extinction risk
- Bad years are bad for the average growth rate
- Strings of bad years can lead to extinction
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