Re: Liebig's Law and the limits to growth

[boddhisatva]

                C. RKM,




        I'm very familiar with the concept of carrying capacity. I am also
familiar with simplistic understandings of ecology that assume things like
total predator effectiveness, etc..  Prey behavior has as much to do with
predator densities as predator behavior.  Of course it's a simpler world
when we just assume away the role of prey behavior, but it's not
realistic.  Again I say that African savannah predators don't eat up all
their prey because they can't catch it.  Competitions intra- and
inter-species among predators is a factor, to be sure, but it is not the
answer.  Gazelles don't exactly sit still.  If this upsets your idea about
ecology, it's nothing but good.  






        peace