The Storage Effect
The combination of species differences in activity and the ability to wait out poor conditions are identified as distinct components in storage effect theory. Species differences show up mathematically as density-dependent covariance between environment and competition. The ability to wait out poor is identified as buffered population growth. Storage effect theory provides expressions and methodologies for identifying these in models and complex simulations in a variety of contexts.
These quantities are very general, applying to a wide variety of models, both analytical and computational, as well as empirical systems. The models here are completely deterministic, but the same principles apply when there is uncertainty in the environment (see figure below).
These quantities are very general, applying to a wide variety of models, both analytical and computational, as well as empirical systems. The models here are completely deterministic, but the same principles apply when there is uncertainty in the environment (see figure below).