Task-Layer Multiplicity as a Measure of Community Level Health

Figure 4

The red dots denote individual specialization indices as a function of individual task-layer multiplicities for organisms in a 6-layer random simplex point-picked population of 10,000 individuals. The blue cross is the specialization index R for this population; the green-dashed cross is for a more specialized “nurture/adventure” population. The dashed lines follow ~ L/ for L of 2 through 6 layers, successively outward from the origin.