Torres J L
Instituto de Física y Matemáticas, Universidad Michoacana, Morelia, Michoacán, 58060, México.
J Theor Biol. 2001 Mar 21;209(2):223-32. doi: 10.1006/jtbi.2000.2258.
Assuming that the repertoire of responses by living systems to perturbation gives a measure of their Darwinian fitness in a rapidly fluctuating environment, those that fulfill allometries (power laws) are described by means of catastrophes, whose variables and parameters are smooth functions of biological attributes. Using empirical allometries from a given system as input, a method is proposed to construct its associated catastrophe, allowing specific predictions on its susceptibility to perturbation and related properties, based on general results from catastrophe theory. The method is discussed within the macroecological context, and an example is provided by applying it to ecological systems that satisfy the self-thinning rule.
假设生命系统对扰动的反应库衡量了它们在快速波动环境中的达尔文适应性，那些满足异速生长（幂律）的反应库可以用突变来描述，其变量和参数是生物属性的平滑函数。利用来自给定系统的经验异速生长作为输入，提出了一种构建其相关突变的方法，基于突变理论的一般结果，可以对其对扰动的敏感性和相关特性进行具体预测。在宏观生态背景下讨论了该方法，并通过将其应用于满足自疏法则的生态系统给出了一个例子。
