Project 22
Ecosystem networks and system-level functions

Led by Richard Watson, John Odling-Smee, Mike Wade & Andy Gardner

 

swamp ecosystem

 

This theoretical project sets out to understand how inter-species interactions, through predation, competition and niche construction, are important for the stability and diversity of ecosystems. We are using connectionist learning theory to investigate the reciprocal interaction between the evolution of an ecological community and the non-living components of the ecosystem, exploring how this exchange influences the emergence of system-level functions.

 

EES predictions this project tests

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  3. Inclusive inheritance
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  4. Evolutionary diversification
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