How will Daisyworld react if we play god and suddenly increase solar luminosity?
Follow this link to find out. Towards a bit more Realism Ecosystems are usually a bit more complicated than just a system of two daisies, and therefore the Daisyworld model has also been explored with respect to factors that negatively affect the daisies, like the introduction of plant eating bunnies. Using equations from modern ecosystem dynamics research, we find (diagram above) that this has an impact. The population of daisies decreases, but a new balance is established between the grazers and the grazed. We can complicate things further by making life miserable for the grazers through the introduction of foxes. Now the bunny population drops, the fox population increases, and then the two stabilize again at a new dynamic equilibrium level. Because the foxes keep down the number of bunnies the daisy population increases until it stabilizes again. All three species settle down to a new homeostatic equilibrium. We can further complicate things by once in a while causing an unexpected
