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June 28th 2008
Published: June 29th 2008
Scott and Shauna
So it has been quite a while since we posted any updates on this blog. It's not that there aren't a lot of things to talk about, but I guess after a few months of being here, things don't seem as newsworthy as they did when we first arrived. I think that maybe we just don't realize how crazy some things are when we are in the middle of them. Sometimes though, a day comes that stands out as newsworthy. Unfortunately that's not usually a good thing.
Sometimes No News is Good News
On Wednesday I was working at the Seed of Hope Centre and was packing up at the end of the day. I was the only one around as Shauna and Karen (a South African missionary) has gone out to visit the family of local woman who was very sick. (She can tell that story later. It was also quite an experience.) All the other staff had just gone home for the day and I was just waiting for Shauna to get back. All of a sudden I heard the sound of screeching tires and the unmistakable thud of something being hit by a car. I looked
The Main Road
The main road snakes through Bhekulwandle as it makes it's way up and inland from the coast.
out the window to see a crowd of people gathering at the side of the road. When I made it out to the road and pushed past all of the people to see what had happened, I was horrified to see a small boy laying motionless on the pavement. It turns out that he is one of the kids that attends the daily kids program at the Seed of Hope, but I couldn't even recognize him in the shape he was in.
His little body had been hit by car speeding down the road, thrown 30 feet through the air and then run over by the same car as it screeched to a halt. Now he was nearly unconscious, bleeding and laying in his own vomit as the crowd of onlookers stared back, stunned. I was totally shocked too. I was expecting to see one of the many stray dogs or goats that roam the area, had been hit. I was totally unprepared to see a six year old child. As a Paramedic/Firefighter back home, I have seen lots of horrible things, but nothing could prepare me for this. At home I always felt like I could do something
Ladies Along the Road
The road is like a sidewalk as most people walk long distances every day.
to help the situation, but here in the middle of rural Africa, with no equipment and an ambulance service that can literally take hours or days to arrive, I felt absolutely helpless. All I could do was rub his back, wipe his face, and keep telling him that everything would be okay. Is it ever okay to lie to someone? I hope so, because as much as I wanted it to be the truth, I knew I was lying to the both of us.
The boy's uncle is one of the few people in the community who owns a car. As someone ran to get him, Shauna and Karen drove by on their way back to the Centre. I flagged them down so we could throw the boy into our vehicle and rush him to the hospital, but just then the uncle screeched up, literally tossed the boy into the car and squealed away. The nearest government hospital is at least 20 minutes away, I can't imagine how long of a drive that must have been for him.
Information is tough to get as everything has to travel through word of mouth and things get lost in the
Wellington and Liezel
translation from Zulu to English, but it sounds like the little guy had a ruptured spleen, which they have since removed, a dissected intestine, and head injuries, among other things. He's now in a coma.
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One of the many things that I am learning here in Africa is that I take a lot of stuff for granted back home. Among the growing list of things are; stable electricity systems, incorruptible police officers, a strong social welfare system, Reece Peanut Butter Cups, and a strong economy. My list got considerably longer this week when I added; a first-world health care system that is free, a reliable and highly trained ambulance service, and sidewalks so people don't have to walk on the road. They say that sometimes you don't appreciate what you have until you don't have it. I'm finding that to be true.
A Few Rays of Sunshine in the Middle of a Thunderstorm
I needed some encouragement, so I started thinking back a few weeks to when our good friends Brad and Lela Olsen, from Australia, came to stay with us. It
Disappearing Truck
The truck disappears into a crowd of waiting people at the first drop off spot.
was so good to hang out with them and involve them in what is going on here. One of the things we wanted to do was introduce them to Wellington Dhlamini and the guys he works with, or "Wellington's Guys" as they are known by around here.
An Entrepreneurial Spirit
Wellington came to South Africa from Zimbabwe about 10 years ago to start a church ministry here in the area. He is one of 25 children from the same father. Imagine the sibling rivalry in that family! Anyway, along with Wellington and his wife Liezel, there are now five other guys from Zimbabwe that live and work together with the sole purpose of running a church and feeding program in the poor areas outside of Amanzimtoti. They rent one side of a parkade which they have converted into a church. The concrete walls don't do much for the acoustics, but you can't beat how close the parking is! For most of the local people here, transportation is a huge issue and so the guys help pay for buses to help people get to church. The parishioners come from very poor areas and there is no way that the
A Line Into the Night
People lining up for food.
weekly offering collection can pay the bills. So it is up to Wellington and the guys to earn their own income, plus enough to pay the rent of the church and all the other bills, including the buses.
Fortunately, these guys are some of the most entrepreneurial people I have ever met! Wellington is an Accountant and he and his wife, Liezel, have set up a Tax and Accounting Business to pay the bills. They have also set up an Internet Cafe in their office. While Wellington and Liezel run the office, the rest of the guys are out all day collecting scrap metal to salvage and sell. The scrap metal business is considered quite profitable, but you have to work hard for it. These guys drive hundreds of kilometers each day in search of scrap metal which they load up and bring back to the local recycling plant for a bit of a profit. The income from the scrap metal, internet cafe and accounting business, helps to keep the bills paid. It also keeps them really busy.
But that's not all these guys do. Each day, Wellington "and the Guys" deliver food to hungry people in the
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As a widowed mom, your kids learn quickly to travel everywhere with you.
community. There is a Toyota factory near here which employs 6000 workers. The cafeteria cooks for 5000 people each day and at the end of the day, they toss all the extra food in the garbage. Or at least they did until Wellington heard about it. He arranged to have the food saved and then picked up at the end of each day to be distributed amongst the starving people in the community. So at the end of each day, Wellington's Boys go straight from collecting scrap metal to picking up all the leftover food from the factory cafeteria. Then they set out in the flatbed truck to deliver the food at numerous "drop off points". A few weeks ago, Brad, Lela, Shauna and I met up with the guys to help out with the nightly food delivery. Words can never come close to describing what we experienced that night.
A Night We Won't Soon Forget
The sun was going down as the boys pulled up with all the food loaded on the back of the flatdeck. Tonight's meal would be rice, chicken curry, tripe (cooked cow intestines), and bananas. There are two routes that they rotate between,
Dishing Out
Brad and Shauna dish out the food.
with 5 or 6 drop off points on each. Tonight we would be on Route A, with 5 stops to make, or until the food ran out, whichever came first. We were running late because the scrap metal run had taken longer than expected, so as soon as they arrived with the food we jumped in our car and followed as they sped off out of town, past the reach of street lights and into the darkness of the rural settlements.
A few minutes down the road, the truck pulled over onto the shoulder. We looked around into the pitch black as the truck was immediately engulfed by the crowd that was eagerly waiting at the first drop off. A line of people about 100 feet long soon formed and the food began to be dished out. Here's how it works: Everyone in line brings whatever dish they have for food. Old tupperware, plastic pails, shopping bags, whatever will hold food is used. Each person in line represents a family and the food they take is used to feed their whole household. The average person in line is sharing their food with a family of six or seven people.
Did I Mention It Rained?
People line up beside the truck in the rain.
Many of these households have not eaten since the last time the guys dropped off food here, and they won't eat again until Wellington's Guys return again.
When the line finally disappeared, we took off down the dark road towards the next drop off location a few kilometers away. As we pulled up, it started to rain. I have never seen rain like I have here. There is no such thing as "spitting rain". It is either dry, or a complete monsoon. And it can rotate between the two in a matter of seconds. To make matters worse, we realized that we would not have enough food for all five drop off spots. A quick phone call was made to someone, somewhere to relay a message to the people at the last two drop off points that they shouldn't wait any longer. I can't imagine how many people were standing there in the rain waiting for food, who had to turn around and go home with nothing.
Learning About Joy and Selflessness
When we pulled up at the third drop off point I expected there to be mass chaos, but I was wrong. As we pulled up,
A couple umbrellas emerge from the crowd. One in each hand.
the people swarmed around the truck and began to sing. I'm not sure if you have ever heard someone sing out of pure joy and thankfulness, but that is the only way I can describe it. Someone emerged from a shack with an old umbrella and held it up over the people dishing out the food. It's interesting how some people, no matter how much they are struggling to meet their own basic needs, will still think about others needs. I wonder, if I was in that place, hungry and in the rain, would I be able to pull myself away from my own situation and think about putting an umbrella over someone else's head? I don't like to think about the answer to that. I'm learning that 'selflessness' is a common trait among the people here. Soon, a second umbrella emerged from the crowd.
"What Do We Do When the Food Runs Out?"
I was getting nervous as the food was running low. It's hard enough to think of the faceless people who were waiting at the final two drops who went away hungry, but it is even worse to think that we might run out of
Riding in Style
Shauna and Lela hold on as the truck races to the next drop off point.
food in the middle of the crowd. That would be really tough. Luckily, with the help of a couple cases of Ichiban noodles, the food held out just long enough for everyone in line. A couple ladies from the area took the empty food bins away to wash them out and returned with them a few minutes later. While we were waiting, we took a quick detour to visit one of the families living in the area.
Like so many things here, words can't describe what we saw. A family of seven living in a tin shack, 10 feet by 20 feet, if that. No electricity, no water, just a double bed, a small table, a couple rickety chairs and a candle burned down to the last inch, all on a dirt floor. These are the people that Wellington and the guys are feeding every day. People who have nothing, but the clothes on their back. It is hard to imagine and just as hard to describe.
Dry Clothes - A Luxury Most Don't Have
We said good bye and the four of us headed back towards home and the comfort of a dry pair of clothes.
Patiently Waiting
People waiting patiently in line for their food during a short break in the rain.
It's a luxury that everyone else we met that night didn't have. Have you ever gone camping in the rain? It is almost impossible to get your clothes dried out. It's usually not until you get home that you get warm again. Well, imagine living like that each and every day. Your shack leaks, you only have one or two sets of clothes, and the warmest place you can find is next to a candle. It is hard to imagine. Sometimes I find it easier just not to think about it.
But here in the midst of it all are Wellington and the Guys. They work all day, scouring the countryside for scrap metal, working in the office, doing whatever they can to earn a few bucks, so that they can be out every evening, dishing out food in the rain. I told you that being selfless was a common trait here, but these guys take it to a whole new level. We served food to roughly 200 people that night. Each of those people will take the food home and feed 6 or 7 family members. The math is astonishing. These guys fed 1300 people today, and another
Service With a Smile
Shauna dishing out some food into a lady's plastic container.
1800 will eat after tomorrow's run.
Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach a man to fish and he eats for a lifetime.
Shauna and I are big fans of community development and giving people the resources they need to help themselves. Handing out food on the side of the road each night doesn't fall into that category at all. In fact, it's about as close to "giving a man a fish" as you can get. But then again, it's pretty tough to "teach someone to fish", when they are starving to death.
There comes a point where the situation is so dire that you need to just roll up your sleeves and dive in to meet people's needs where they are at. That's what Wellington and the guys are doing. If it means working hard all day long, loading scrap metal, and then spending each evening dishing out food in the pouring rain, that's what they do. They are the first ones to admit that what they are doing won't solve the bigger issues. But then again, when you haven't eaten in days or sometimes weeks, are there any bigger issues?
It certainly changed my perspective on few things.
Anyway, thanks for listening to what is on my heart this
Some Kids Can Sleep Through Anything!
Check out the baby, fast asleep, strapped to her mother's back with the blue blanket.
week. I sometimes think that I am writing more for my benefit than anything else. I mentioned at the beginning that Shauna had a few stories to share and so hopefully we will get those posted in the next week or so, once we both have a chance to process them a bit. Until then, I'll leave you with a simple prayer:
I pray for Wellington, "the guys", and the hundreds of people that they feed everyday.
I pray for an understanding of what it means to be selfless.
I pray for a little boy that lies in a coma, and for his family who sit by his side waiting and hoping....
And I pray that after all that we have experienced, that we will never be the same again.
I was having trouble loading more videos onto this site, so I loaded them onto "YouTube" instead. Check out http://youtube.com/user/ShaunaandScott to watch two videos about the Centre.
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Shauna and I spent 2008 in South Africa volunteering at "The Seed of Hope" - a humanitarian aid program in Bhekulwandle, SA. We met a lot of fantastic people, made some great friends, experienced an exciting culture, and saw a lot of the beautiful country. We wrote these Blogs partly to keep our family and friends informed, but mostly because it was a way to process, understand and record all that we experienced and learned. We learned a lot! We hope you do too. Check out www.theseedofhope.org for info on the Seed of Hope and its programs. ...
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Scott handing out packets of instant noodles once the cooked food ran out.
A One Room Shack for a Family of 7
Lela exits the shack that we visited. The whole shack wasn't much bigger than what you see in the photo.
The End of the Road
Wellington's Boys along with Brad, Lela, Shauna and Scott, all looking a bit wet.
29th June 2008
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Scott, thanks once again for sharing with us. Again I cry as I read. I can not imagine how you felt, helplessly holding that little boy. We will pray. What you share is so hard for us to imagine in our priveledged life we have here at home. May God continue to bless the work you and Shauna are doing. We know you are valuable where you are and pray that you would see that as you look into the faces of those that have been blessed by you. xoxo Take Care, Wendy
1st July 2008
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Close to the heart
Trying to get a sence of what you must have felt Scott.....even as I sit here in my home......How much we truly take for granted....I hope the little boy pulls through.....Once again thanks for letting me tag along.....
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Thanks for taking the time to write these things, Scott. I also couldn't help crying as I read. (And praying) How does all this happen .........? What a great relief it was to hear from you, as we have heard of the bad things happening in South Africa. We have been praying for your safety, also. May God bless you continually.
4th July 2008
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Scott and Shauna... This entry was so upsetting and lovely at the same time. It is amazing to see hope in such despair. I am so grateful to be learning these lessons that you are learning first hand. It must be so emotional everyday for you both. I am so glad you have each other and that the people their have you. I will definitely pray for the little boy and the Wellington and the boys too.
26th July 2008
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Hey guys, we're still praying for you guys back home, and sad to read about the little boy being hit. He is also in our prayers. Keep on going, don't stop doing what you are doing...you are both amazing people with amazing hearts, and you are touching Africa, just like you Scott, touched that little boys heart.
29th July 2008
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Scott and Shauna. Thanks for your blog and update. We continue to pray with you and for you. I'm passing along this recent blog to the folks at The Gathering Place this weeknd, Aug 3. God bless you as you are stretched, grow in God and minister in S. Africa.
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Large-scale climatic variability has been implicated in the population dynamics of many vertebrates throughout the Northern Hemisphere, but has not been demonstrated to directly influence dynamics at multiple trophic levels of any single system. Using data from Isle Royale, USA, comprising time series on the long-term dynamics at three trophic levels (wolves, moose, and balsam fir), we analyzed the relative contributions of density dependence, inter-specific interactions, and climate to the dynamics of each level of the community.
Despite differences in dynamic complexity among the predator, herbivore, and vegetation levels, large-scale climatic variability influenced dynamics directly at all three levels. The strength of the climatic influence on dynamics was, however, strongest at the top and bottom trophic levels, where density dependence was weakest.
Because of the conflicting influences of environmental variability and intrinsic processes on population stability, a direct influence of climate on the dynamics at all three levels suggests that climate change may alter stability of this community. Theoretical considerations suggest that if it does, such alteration is most likely to result from changes in stability at the top or bottom trophic levels, where the influence of climate was strongest.
Early recognition of the contrast between the stabilizing influences of density-dependent population regulation, and potentially de-stabilizing influences of environmental variation [1], laid a foundation for theoretical modeling of population stability in stochastic environments [2] that assumes renewed relevance in light of current developments in ecology and climate research [3]. Recently, for instance, numerous studies have documented the influences of global-scale climatic variation on the population dynamics of vertebrates in widely diverse ecosystems (see, e.g., [4,5] for reviews), including species interactions at the community level [6-8]. To our knowledge, however, no study has yet documented a simultaneous and direct influence of large-scale climate on the dynamics at all trophic levels in a single system. Such a pervasive influence could pose consequences for the persistence of biological communities if the climatic influence at any trophic level (or multiple levels) were strong enough to alter its dynamical stability [3].
Here, we use empirical data on a three-trophic level system involving predators, herbivores, and vegetation, and a community-level model, to test for the influences of climate on the dynamics at and among individual trophic levels, while simultaneously accounting for the roles of intrinsic (density-dependent) and interspecific interactions. Previously, we identified correlations between large-scale variation in winter climate, the North Atlantic Oscillation (NAO) [9], and: predation efficiency of wolves (Canis lupus), mortality of old moose (Alces alces), and growth dynamics of balsam fir (Abies balsamea) on Isle Royale [6]. Additionally, we have documented influences of the NAO, wolf predation, and density dependence on the intrinsic rate of increase in the moose population on Isle Royale [10]. Hence, the current analysis was motivated by the results of these earlier attempts to dissect the relative contributions of intrinsic and extrinsic processes to the dynamics of this community, as well as by a more general interest in developing a community-level model of climatic effects at and among multiple trophic levels that may subsequently contribute to our understanding of the implications of climatic change for community stability. Quantifying the role of climatic variation in the dynamics at multiple trophic levels requires, however, a modeling framework that first accounts for the influence of interspecific and intrinsic processes on the dynamical structure at each level, so that the influence of intrinsic processes on the autoregressive (AR) structure of the time series data is not mistaken for a lagged influence of environmental stochasticity [11].
Based on the approach used in the development of previous bivariate population models [12-14], we developed and applied a model testing for the direct influence of large-scale climate on the dynamics at individual trophic levels and interactions among levels (Figure 1). This graphical model was used to express mathematically the predicted autoregressive structure of the time series data at each level on the basis of interspecific density interactions at adjacent trophic levels [12], as well as the time lags at which climate might influence dynamics at each level (see equations (1-4) in Methods, below). The time series we analyzed comprise 30 years of data (1958–88) from the monitoring study on Isle Royale on the population dynamics of wolves and moose, and interannual variability in growth increments of balsam fir [6,15,16]. Though the data extend to the present, estimates of moose density beyond 1988 have not been adjusted by cohort reconstruction (see ref. [6]), so we constrained our analysis to the first 3 decades.
Figure 1. The process-oriented ecological model of intra- and inter-trophic level dynamics in a simple, straight-chain community, based on empirical observations of interactions between wolves, moose, balsam fir, and climate on Isle Royale, USA. The effect of the herbivore on vegetation is specified as a current-year effect, but is likely to operate at a minimum lag of 3–6 months. In equations (2) of the Methods section, the climate term U is partitioned into the strictly direct influence of climate, UD, and the indirect influence that is reflected in prey vulnerability to predation, UP. In this scenario, climate may directly influence survival of wolves and/or moose, and hence changes in their numbers, from the beginning of winter to the end of winter. Similarly, climatic influences on the susceptibility of moose to predation may result in changes in the numbers of wolves and/or moose from the beginning to the end of winter. Partitioning of the climate term U into direct and indirect effects was achieved by setting Ut = UDt + UPt, where UDt is the NAO winter index in the current year, and UPt is wolf pack size in the current winter. Note that this current year effect is actually a 3–4 month lagged effect, because it quantifies the influence of winter conditions from December–February on wolf predation and survival, and on moose survival, that may influence changes in estimates of wolf and moose density made at the end of winter.
The corrected Akaike Information Criterion (AICc) [17] scores of the pure time series data at each level of the Isle Royale community indicate that the AR dimension of the data for the period 1958–88 is one for wolves, three for moose, and one for fir. AICc scores of the first, second, and third order autoregressive models [i.e., AR(1), AR(2), and AR(3)] are, for wolves 4.2, 7.1, 10.6; for moose -64.6, -63.9, -67.1; and for balsam fir -26.0, -22.1, -21.6. The lowest AICc score indicates the most parsimonious dimension at each trophic level.
In full agreement with the pure AR structure of the time series, the most parsimonious ecological model of wolf dynamics was an AR(1) model with current-year climate as a covariate (Table 1a); the best model of moose dynamics was an AR(3) model with current-year climate as a covariate (Table 1b); and the best model of fir dynamics was an AR(1) model with current-year climate as a covariate (Table 1c). Each of these models provided a good approximation of the dynamics at the individual trophic levels (Table 1; Figure 2). Note, however, that for moose a good approximation of the dynamics was afforded by an AR(2) model with the same covariates as the best AR(3) model in Table 1 (R2 = 0.96, AICc = -63.9), and so might be favored over the AR(3) model on the basis of parsimony.
Figure 2. Observed time series data (dots) on interannual dynamics of (A) wolves, (B) moose, and (C) balsam fir on Isle Royale, 1958–88; and best-fit autoregressive models at each trophic level (see Table 1), shown as one-step-ahead predicted values (solid lines) and 95% confidence intervals (dashed lines). Goodness-of-fit measures for each of the models are given in Table 1.
Table 1. The statistical models of the dynamics at three trophic levels on Isle Royale, USA, 1958–88. The first model given at each trophic level is the full model, showing the autoregressive structure of the time series and co-variates expected to be significant if the relationships depicted in the process-oriented ecological model in Figure 1 are all important. AICc is the corrected Akaike Information Criterion score; bold type indicates the most parsimonious model.
Direct density dependence was slightly stronger at the middle trophic level (moose) than at the top or bottom levels, though none of the tests for differences between these coefficients was significant (Figure 3). In contrast, the influence of large-scale climate was significantly weaker at the middle trophic level than at either the top or bottom trophic levels (Figure 3).
Figure 3. Coefficients of direct density dependence (solid circles) and direct climatic influence of the North Atlantic Oscillation (open circles) on the dynamics at individual trophic levels on Isle Royale, USA (1958–88). Bars indicate ± 1 SE. Note that the coefficient of direct density dependence at each trophic level includes a constant that reflects the predicted dimension of the time series at that level (see equations [4] and, e.g., ref. [[26]]); these constants were subtracted for the purpose of comparing the strength of statistical direct density dependence among levels. Results for Welch's approximation of the t-test for coefficients with heterogeneous variances [40] were, for direct density dependence: wolf vs. moose t0.05,48 = 0.87, P > 0.50; moose vs. fir t0.05,52 = 1.02, P = 0.30; wolf vs. fir t0.05,52 = 0.07, P > 0.50; and, for direct climatic influence: wolf vs. moose t0.05,48 = 1.67, P = 0.05; moose vs. fir t0.05,52 = 1.97, P = 0.02; and wolf vs. fir t0.05,52 = 0.15, P > 0.50.
The results of our analysis corroborate previous observations of the limiting influences of winter climate in moose population dynamics [18], of the mediating influence of winter climate in wolf-moose interactions [19], of the roles of wolf predation and density dependence in moose dynamics [10,20], and of the direct influence of winter climate on growth dynamics of balsam fir [6] on Isle Royale. To our knowledge, however, this study constitutes the first documentation of direct and simultaneous influences of large-scale climate on the dynamics at multiple trophic levels in a single system.
Although many studies have documented influences of winter weather, particularly snow conditions, on wolf-prey interactions (e.g., [19,21-23], we are unaware of studies showing an influence of winter climate on wolf population dynamics. Evidence of influences of snow on wolf movement, social tendencies [24] and predation rates [6] suggests, however, that winter climate might affect wolf survival. While we wish to avoid speculating as to potential mechanisms underlying the direct influence of the NAO on wolf dynamics indicated by our analysis (Table 1), it may be worth considering that residual variation in annual wolf mortality, after accounting for the influences of wolf density and pack size [6], correlates negatively with the current-year NAO index (standardized r = -0.52, t = 2.22, P = 0.038).
Trophic theory [25], statistical ecology [26,27], and our model (Figure 1 and equation (4) in Methods) predict that the embedding dimension (i.e., the number of time lags we must look back upon in order to find a correlation with the current year's density) of the dynamics at each trophic level should reflect the number of species influencing the dynamics at each level, as several recent analyses have also demonstrated [14,28,29]. In this perspective, we found, however, lower dimension (i.e., first-order) at both the predator and vegetation levels than expected (Table 1), while dynamics at the herbivore level displayed the higher dimension predicted by our model. Interestingly, dimensionality in this large-mammal system parallels the dynamic structure of the lynx-hare system of the Canadian boreal forest at the herbivore level, but not at the predator level [28]. The embedding dimension of lynx, which are affected by many species other than snowshoe hare across the boreal forest of Canada, is generally two or higher [28,30]. The contrasting simplicity of wolf dynamics on Isle Royale reflects, we suggest, the comparatively insular nature of the Isle Royale system and relative scarcity of additional species influencing the dynamics of wolves there [31].
Despite having low dimension, the top and bottom trophic levels displayed complex dynamics (Table 1). Indeed, spectral analysis of the wolf and moose time series reveals significant periodicity at both levels that is apparently driven by phase-dependent predation, a process that is endogenous to wolf dynamics but exogenous to moose (E. Post, N.C. Stenseth, R.O. Peterson, J.A. Vucetich, A.M. Ellis, in review). Fir dynamics on Isle Royale are, moreover, tightly linked with changes in moose density [6,16], which could contribute to exogenously generated periodicity at that level [27].
The low dimension of the dynamics at the top and bottom trophic levels masks, in a sense, interactions with the adjacent (herbivore) level that were captured in these models. Note, however, that in the most parsimonious model of wolf dynamics (Table 1), the lag-one autoregressive term quantifying direct density dependence includes the coefficient of self-regulation in moose (1 + b1), and the coefficient of the lag-one pack size term includes the coefficient quantifying the interaction between moose density and wolf density (coefficient a2 from Equation 2a). As well, in the most parsimonious model of fir dynamics (Table 1), the lag-one autoregressive term includes the coefficients quantifying the influences of moose on fir (coefficient c2 from equation 2c) and of fir on moose (coefficient b3 from equation 2b). Hence, an important conclusion of this analysis is that while interactions between adjacent trophic levels lead to predictions of higher-order dynamics during the derivation of the community model (Figure 1), the act of following the coefficients from the individual trophic-level models (sensu[32]) allows us to observe that trophic interactions may also appear in first-order density dependence.
Experimental evidence from microcosm studies indicates that climatic change may alter community stability if individual populations composing the community exhibit weak density dependence, or if climate change influences interspecific interactions [33]. While we caution against drawing general conclusions from this analysis, our results suggest that climatic change has the potential to influence the stability of this community by altering the dynamics and stability at any single, or all three, of the individual trophic levels. Because self-regulation (i.e., direct density dependence) was relatively weaker at the top and bottom trophic levels (though not significant statistically), it may be these levels at which climate change alters stability of the community. It is worth recalling, however, that theory predicts that population stability depends on the relative strengths of intrinsic and environmental influences on population dynamics [2]. In this regard, it may be the observation that climate exerted its greatest influence on the dynamics of the top and bottom trophic levels (Figure 3) that is most relevant because, even if self regulation were equivalent at all three levels, it is at the levels most responsive to climate where we will see the greatest effects of climate change on dynamics and stability [3].
Moreover, it appears that in this system, the two trophic levels with the simplest dynamics (predator and vegetation) also displayed the greatest response to climate. Whether community stability in a changing climate relates to dynamic complexity at individual trophic levels, as opposed to complexity of entire food webs (sensu[34]), should prove to be a fruitful and important pursuit in future research.
We expressed the dynamics of predator density (P), herbivore density (H), and incremental vegetation growth (V) as (see Figure 1):
Pt = Pt-1 exp(f(Xt-1, Yt-1), UDt, UPt) (1a)
Ht = Ht-1 exp (g(Xt-1, Yt-1, Zt-1), UDt, UPt) (1b)
Vt = Vt-1 exp(h(Zt-1, Yt), UDt) (1c)
where Xt, Yt and Zt are the loge-transformed Pt, Ht and Zt, respectively, and where UDt is a climate variable (here, UDt is the NAO winter index; see [9]), and where UPt represents wolf pack size, which correlates with winter climatic conditions and pack kill rate (moose killed/pack/day) [6], and which incorporates social structure and associated non-predatory behavior that could affect dynamics of both wolves [35] and moose [6].
The choice of the ecological functions f (•), g (•), and h (•) is not straightforward, considering the variety of functional forms that have been suggested [36]. However, for the subsequent purposes of estimating statistical density dependence, it is biologically reasonable to assume that the functions may be approximately linear in Xt, Yt, and Zt; that is, we may assume that population and vegetation growth rates are approximately linearly related to log-density [12,14,37,38]. Hence, we may re-write equation (1) as:
Xt = a0 + (1 + a1)Xt-1 + a2Yt-1 + a3UDt + a4UPt (2a)
Yt = b0 + (1 + b1)Yt-1 + b2Xt-1 + b3Zt-1 + b4UDt + b5UPt (2b)
Zt = c0 + (1 + c1)Zt-1 + c2Yt + c3Ut (2c)
In a straight-chain community (Figure 1), equations (2) can be integrated to produce bi-variate autoregressive statistical models at each trophic level [26], giving:
Xt = a0 + a2b0 - a0(1 + b1) + [(1 + a1) + (1 + b1)]Xt-1 + [a2b2 - (1 + a1)(1 + b1)]Xt-2 + + a3UDt + [a2b5 - (1 + b1)a4]UPt-1 + a4UPt + [a2b5 - (1 + b1)a4]UPt-1 (3a)
Zt = [c0 + c2b0 - (1 + b1)c0] + [(1 + b1) + (1 + c1) + c2b3]Zt-1 - (1 + b1)(1 + c1)Zt-2 + (c2b4 + c3)UDt - (1 + b1)c3UDt-1 + c2b5UPt (3c)
After re-designation of the coefficients (see also [26], pp. 71–72), these equations simplify to:
Yt = β0 + (3 + β1)Yt-1 + (2 + β2)Yt-2 + (1 + β3)Yt-3 + ω1UDt + ω2UDt-1 + + ω3UDt-2 + + ω4UPt + ω5UPt-1 (4b)
Zt = γ0 + (2 + γ1)Zt-1 + (1 + γ2)Zt-2 + ω1UDt + ω2UDt-1 + ω3UPt (4c)
We used the full model framework (equations 4) to identify the most parsimonious model of the dynamics at each trophic level. Beginning with the full model at each trophic level, we used autoregressive analysis with maximum likelihood estimation and backwards elimination of non-significant covariates and lagged autoregressive terms to arrive at reduced models that minimized the corrected Akaike Information Criterion (AICc) [17]. We considered changes in the AICc scores of less than one to be insignificant improvement of the models [37,39].
We thank Rolf O. Peterson, John A. Vucetich, and Nils Chr. Stenseth, and an anonymous referee for helpful discussions and comments. E. P. acknowledges the financial support of NSF (grant #DEB-0124031) and the Department of Biology and the Environmental Consortium at Penn State University. M. C. F. acknowledges the financial support of the Danish Ministry of Research.
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Brooke Way
We've seen many, many, many DIY play kitchens in our day, which is why this play workshop stood out. A clever take for kids who may not be interested in pretending to cook up a meal but would love to twist, pull, hang, press, and flip things all day long.
The World's Most Expensive Children's Slide
Behold: the most exclusive and most expensive children's slide in the world. Kate Middleton ordered this slide, in blue, for Prince George's first birthday but the version above is truly fit for a king, or anyone who can afford to spend € 9,990. What's so special about this slide, dubbed "The Golden Unicorn"? Well, it's gilded in 24-carat gold-leaf.
Outside with Kids: 15 Ways to Play with Nature
I don't know about you, but Fall is one of my favorite times of year. My kids and I get outside more than ever: I love the cooler temperatures and the fact that we don't have to worry as much about constantly slathering on sunscreen or getting eaten alive by mosquitos. And the colors are the absolute best! My kids are constantly coming home with collections — rocks, sticks, leaves, and yes, even pockets full of carefully collected mulch. Rather than throw out all of those amassed treasures, we often try to put them to good use. Here are 15 of my favorite crafty projects to do just that — so get your kids outside and play with some nature already!
Park It: DIY Kids' Car Garage
Mom Endeavors
As the weather starts getting cooler and (as we hope for here in California) wetter, all those toy vehicles are going to be more vulnerable to the elements. When my kids were little, our ride-on cars were always extremely dusty and full of leaves and puddles. Instead of wiping them down every time your kids want to ride, you could build this simple but effective "garage" to keep the ride-ons out of the weather.
Squee!: Smallest, Cutest Toy Kitchen Ever
Made By Joel
I mean, can you even? I have a penchant for anything miniature, so when I saw this play kitchen made from an Altoids tin, I almost keeled over and died. Of course, I shouldn't have been surprised when I discovered that it was thought up by the incredibly talented and creative Joel Henriques of Made By Joel.
The Barbie Dreamhouse: Cardboard Box Edition
Ikat Bag
We wouldn't expect anything less from LiEr at Ikat Bag, but will you get a load of this adorable cardboard Barbie house? I can't believe it's taken me two years to find it! I never had a Barbie Dream House growing up, and I never would've wanted one had I known you could construct your own, multi-story Barbie home from cardboard.
The Ultimate Guide to Wall Art: 100+ Favorite Tips, Ideas & Resources for Your Blank Walls
Tired of staring at boring, empty walls in your home? Filling your home's walls with art is one of the basic building blocks to decorating a sophisticated home. From how to hang it, to where to find it to how to DIY it, we've gathered our favorite wall art-related resources to help you banish those blank walls!