a: Carrying capacity ~
b: nature’s version of layoffs
What:
"Think of the entire system as a business. You have a set number of employees, which is like your carrying capacity, and you have a budget of food that fluctuates based on a number of factors. A reduction in carrying capacity is like nature's version of layoffs: If there's not enough money in the budget to pay 10 employees, it will reduce that number to five. "
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Writer: Shauna Stephenson
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Date: Aug 20 2015 11:59 AM
# 8278 Critique Analogy