Predicting cannibalism
Ecosystems are messy places. The number of possible relationships between species grows exponentially with every species that enters the system. A fairly typical foodweb (see image below) of 70 species has 4900 possible predator-prey interactions. Despite that, food webs are suprisingly predictable. For one thing, most foodwebs have only 10-30% of the possible feeding relationships. This… (read more)