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I think it does make sense - with a population density for finland that is so low, the disease with such a low beta cannot communicate to enough people to propagate. The number of people who have this disease will be fewer each week. I think this makes sense because at 16 / km^2, you can expect that practically nobody will ever see each other. This is ...

I guess you meant the population size stability. It is considered that the biosystems will increase their capacity of adaptation when evolving in very fluctuating environments. I believe the population stability is embedded in the adaptability of individuals. There is a measurement about it, evolvability, when the environment changes, the faster the ...

After talking to my teacher, he said that biological control is the introduction of species to control another species, however species may be introduced for other reasons (the "Introduced Species" method), such as to "assist an ecosystem cope, flourish or re-establish itself." The example he gave was the introduction of South African veldt grass to ...

You can use power analysis to work out answers depending on the specifics of your data. The things you need to consider are: The power of the test. This is the probability that the test will fail to reject the null hypothesis even if in truth it is false (Type II error). If the population is not in equilibrium, what is the probability that the test will ...

Mendel published his results 1866 but they were rediscovered only in 1900. The Hardy-Weinberg model is an application of Mendel's rules to a population that is not under selection forces. So the one builds on the other, and Hardy-Weinberg is a simplification model-wise, and Mendel's rules are not detailed enough either. It's the same relation as with a ...

Biological control does not have to be with an introduced species. It can also be accomplished by either artificially inflating the number of existing predators. E.g. Spruce bud worm has a natural predator in the form of a tiny wasp. But budworm can spread through a stand faster than the wasp can. By moving popluatins of the wasp to the forefront of the ...

From the same article on wikipedia: The inbreeding is computed as a percentage of chances for two alleles to be identical by descent. Now let's draw a family tree for such mating and sign chances for having each allele: You can see, that the "brother" has a 50% chance of receiving A allele and the "sister" has a 50% chance of receiving A from their ...

*It's been several years since I've worked with similar equations. The following reply is based on memory, and if anyone has a firmer grasp of the materials, please modify or answer as you see fit. I would assume λ is under ideal conditions or as an average of whatever species you're working with. Your modified lifetime reproductive output still leaves out ...