Congratulations on finishing your first stint as a wildlife biologist and habitat manager! The Garcia Wetland Complex has seen its fair share of hardships under your watch and it is no wonder that the carrying capacity for the complex has decreased over time. But under your watch, the bullfrog metapopulation hasn’t collapsed and harvest opportunities are still possible. In fact, the next community Bullfrog Festival will be held in your honor! Well done.
You must now navigate over to the Module 8 Discussion board to participate in a conversation about the long-term projections for this bullfrog metapopulation. Specifically, you will consider the density dependent and density independent mortality sources from this simulation in a holistic way. Here, you dealt with these mortality factors one at a time. What if harvest pressure, drought, development, and storms all hit the complex at once? Good luck! Because things just got interesting!