understanding a species under stressa briefing document |
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understanding a species under stress is part of a collection of short documents concerning education to civilisation | |||
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population |
Until you fill ‘the’ niche, you are in a better position than once you have filled the niche. Life drives to fill niches. Energy, for instance, is a constraining parameter of ‘a niche’.
Consider the rate at which birth limitation is bringing under control the expansion rate of Western populations. In among that population, there remain people with the tenancy or ability to produce above the average number of children. By normal selection, such a tendancy will rapidly spread throughout the population. In my view, over time, this will reverse the control over population size, assuming no other forces are brought to bear. See also ‘Evolutionarily stable strategies’ (ESSs).
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