What is computer modeling when talking about competition between species?
Basically, computer modeling can show changes in population dynamics and is traditionally shown in predator-prey interactions. In terms of your question – computer modeling can show the fluctuation of a given population as the resources for a population changes. For example, the lynx/hare populations is a famous example. As the lynx eat the hare, the hare population decreases, which is followed by the decrease in the lynx population. As the lynx population decreases, the hare population increases. The cycle continues to go in cycles. The Lotka-Volterra equation is a popular formula for this type of interaction. Anyway, the computer modeling helps to give a visual of what is actually going on in the environment. Of course, there are other ways that computer modeling is helpful in the environmental arena. An example of a computer simulation/modeling – agent based simulation has been used effectively in ecology, where it is often called individual based modeling and has been used in situa
