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on '57) Thus spsdsyllsn legimu ass nol so much
mmlalsd lo laliluds, allied lo llcllllsas ill ouds and
mammals, ol as lusull 0! print sysnls suth as glans
auon ol llls, oul ass osssnlially “naked lo llls oasis
plodusllylly ol llls lsglon. wllllin lllls laloadsl
hamwmk local nisllsl ol a range ol alllludss sall
slsals luols divasny, sllch lllaaslllss er lo pnssnl,
nol pasl, slllllals.
Souls dlstllx'bllloe ol mbderll! slrfifi" susll as we
asllisls in galdslls plovidss llls nsllssl snmnlnsnl
We can amvsly deslgn ls allow solus undlsuubsd llow
small lslallds o! lssslallon, wllils mowmg ol dlgsins
in odlslalsas (alglllllsssl, lllus genius llls osslol bolrl
worldl in lslans ol a sllsss lslolals. Ws (all also lss
aslllls ln planl and anllllal llulnhrnalme, lnslsaslns ol
dsslsasuls grazing plsssulss, lllul mmgmg spsclss
Ihufldmlnfiuy
2.12
STABILITY
Tlls snoll lnsalullg a! slablllly ln an uusyslem ls
sly—ugslsllon Iilhev lllall a slum land—nolnll
slalllllly Nothing ln llaluls lsulains lolsysl, nol soil or
hills ol lolssls For olll lolssssaols lllluls ws can have
dynamic “(Huppnn syslsms, as mbal people llays
dslllollsoalsd In us all am all wolld. somslllnss lol
lllousands ol ysals oi mmlmrllve Ivguhh'ml
Thus, slalllllly ill ssusyslsnls ol galdslls ls nol llls
slabllily oi a soncssls pylon; ll ls llls plossss ol
oollslanl nadoasll and luspollss lllsl (hanmnsé such
uldeavmus as l-ldlng a bills We als Ibo ln an alua ol
unummly aboul llls sonospl olsnd slalssolsllolall lll
syslslua—llls slals lo wlllsll lllsy lsnd lo evolve It ls
douhllul ll any slash slals svsl sloslod, as lnoxolallls
slllllalls srllnss, ills. nulllsul Inching. and lnvaslon
dsnsclsyslsllls llolu lull appalsnl sndpolllls
Molsaysl, I| ls plollaols lllal very old syslslns als
also llagils, Ilang ossn long in a slslo ol lllain-
lsnanss, and ws ulay sss sudden or slow mflapse ln
sucn slolvsd states lohn Seymanr (Eras, slllllulsl
el—ezl, noel-s llls slow loss a! nulslsnls in all old slaols
dunssyslau alCoolllola lll Auslulil Hm, :hlluK is a
passlnl pllass as llls legln dullss loas nulllsnl slalus
lo ms and wile! Illllallon lo grefl dspllls, wllsls
nutrients osmols unayallaols lo uses, nlus, llls sludy
oi my old syslsnls sllows a lsllsal lloln llls -lnosl
evolvzd" lgsalal lllomaal mndmml unlsss souls nsw
laslol ll Ink-Induced (ash llulu a lolsallo, lslllllssl
sppllsd by psdplsl.
nsnlsl Goodman IQumIrva limos Hmlngy, small
nolss lllal ”wild fluckuihons” may occur lu lloplsal
lolslls, ol ln sivannah grasslands. Epldenuts ol
palllogsua may afled a planl ol anllllal spear! and
sadly dsslsass lls “MEWS. Althmxgh lllssl llallllal
llusluallolu pals osslds our own am on «mysm,
Iucll dianlsoallsss, pluyldlns lllsy allscl only a low
spsdss, ass no: as ssyals as polslsesnl null-lsul loss (us
and lailll
All lllssseilaosslsundslsoulsnuulansonoullna
dsyslopsd scosyslanl. Imledion lloln (in, posiliys
nulllsol supply loplanls. and long-luau evolutionsm
posslllls lll lsl-llls la/nlllnan occupancy lnsllslougsllol-lu
llowsysr, ws loo Mll as gum, and olllsl spam will
al-las lo lsplsss us lulllsss ws oaks ulssankl wnl. us, as
mtsilullulluu wuuld do ll ws slvs m lllal sllauss,
1: l fint uke ll wull nls, l-lll nol gums l") lusl as il
was llls llaoll or kings lo be bullsd with small llsass,
horses, and slayss, so luodsln wallolds llllsalsn lo
bury all humanity as lllsy devpan.
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TIME AND YIELD
old syslsuls slols up lllsll essay in bulky ullplo—
dncfive lomls, n.5, all old lollssl llas lll-5: ollsllls, mols
and llnllls, and old fish on -on lllalnlsslanss Such
anslsnl syslsnls solnpossd ol Inge illdlvlduals {ma lll
llnilluk Med sllslgy lusl lo lllaullaul Ml health, and
lnus lllsy can use lass ol llls avallaols sull energy, so
lllal llow ol enngy lllmugu ulssysloln ls loss 'nlslslols
llls ylsld, ol lulnovsl ol lllallsl, ls lsss. nus loo ls a
tumor- M lillls Laslmys Mallsl ls ussd up in iymn
lllalulsnallss, and is nol ayallaols as ylsld, ol as
lnsloaslns l solwslglllln llls solupollsnss
Ayiml lllis laslol, spmes dlyslsily lricllnassl works
loolalls ms luosl olmmmmg energy
Callalldss ha: shown mol ms slandlxlg slop
or “so lll dllrslsnl lsaslvolla ls an lumaslllg
lunmou mass number olspsslss yrtsenl»
(Walllll
Thls ls also lsus ol snldlss lll lllosl 'wlld' sysluvul
wllsls ms soluplsxily and slalldlllg slop als bmh luudl
lnols lllan lns sllnpls sullllalsd ssology wnlsll
lsplnsos lllslll. Thus, llls sloallug u! an All-Kin ysld ol
all Auslrallnn uvznmh or small web 0! spsclss, and
lllsll loplassolslll Wllh a lsw pslslllllal pasluls planla
and beef sallls, 0: WI"! a singlrspwu-i plus lolusl nol
only vans memus snslgy llul also glossly dmsasss
Mal ylslds
We would do osllsl lo lly lo undslsland how lll
manage nalulal ylslds, and nlodily Such syslonls by
nlansgslnsnl man lo Nplafl lllslll wi|h "tealmlnk"
lllsls eculwmic lnsans lnollslaly lalllsl lllau energy
lslulnl syslslns wllisll impoyslisll llls yield and
snooulags disnsm vh pssls and soul lots. Economin
lululs will lusvuaoly os alsd lo ylsld ludgsd ollsnsl-gy
lalllsl lllall on manslaly xekurnl ln llls plssslll
ssollonly. ws wasls enugy lo nlalls ulollsy. sol lu the
my nssl lululs, any syslslll wllisll waslss snagy
lullsllail
Fund and hedgslows boll. slowly Kain spsslss as
lllsy ass, probably as a lullsdon a! mural dlspslsal
plus new nlslls sylllllllon dsalsd byuthu spsslsa nus
sonnnuss unlll llls syslslll bsgllu lo lls ovenhldawtd
by a lsw lalgs donunnnls os llypsl-plsdalols whole
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