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How does that not make sense? Environmental factors bring about population compositions. That is exactly how an ecologist would think about it.
by rriepe 7y ago
How does that not make sense? Environmental factors bring about population compositions. That is exactly how an ecologist would think about it.
- js2 7y agoPlease see the Nature article I linked to and note that every instance of "composition" refers to change in the composition. Some examples: - "bird community composition also reacting promptly to the introduction and removal of feeding stations" - "food resources provided by the British public have altered the composition" - "feeding practices appear to have contributed significantly to the changing composition" - "the composition of bird communities exploiting garden bird food has changed" - "Changes in community composition" The paper also contains 20+ uses of "effect" as a noun. Affected is clearly the intended word. The reporter made a mistake. To "effect something" is to "cause it to occur" and in this case, bird feeding hasn't caused population composition to occur, but rather has changed the existing population composition. BTW, I sent a DM to the reporter. I'll report back if he replies.
- js2 7y ago> I'll report back if he replies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20395196 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20395196