- What assumptions does this model make about co-dominance as well as the general terrain of the ecosystem? I assume that these two plants do not coexist well together. One dominated with 10,000 plants while the other one ended up with zero.
- Do you find one producer to be dominant? Why might one producer be dominant over another? I found that Plant A overtook Plant B. I think that the rate at which is reproduces could have affected the other plants' space to reproduce.
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- Does adding the herbivore establish a more equal field? Is one producer still dominant over the other? Why might one producer be dominant over another? When you add a herbivore which eats the dominant plant, it will allow Plant A and Plant B to be more equal. Plant B is now more dominant than Plant A now. Since no one is harming Plant B, it can reproduce freely.
- If the simulation included decomposers, how would your current results change? I think that there will more of each plants because the decomposers make the soil fertile. With the soil fertile, the plants can reproduce even more,
- How do producer population numbers with the presence of an herbivore compare to the primary colonizer model? It averaged out the number of plants between Plant A and Plant B.
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