Plant Ecology Ontology

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Execute as formal rules, not pseudocode.

flow "PlantEcologyOntology" v1.0

ENTITY PlantEcologyOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Botany
 SUBJECT: PlantEcology
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Plant Ecology Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Botany"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/botany/plant-ecology-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY PlantEcology {
 STUDIES: PlantEnvironmentRelationships
 INCLUDES: [PopulationEcology, CommunityEcology, EcosystemEcology, FunctionalEcology, Biogeography]
}

ENTITY PlantIndividual { IS_A: Plant }

ENTITY PlantPopulation {
 COMPOSED_OF: IndividualsOfDefinedPlantTaxon
 OCCURS_IN: DefinedAreaAndTime
}

ENTITY PlantCommunity {
 COMPOSED_OF: MultiplePlantPopulations
 OCCURS_IN: Habitat
}

ENTITY Ecosystem {
 COMPOSED_OF: [BioticCommunity, AbioticEnvironment]
}

ENTITY Habitat {
 DESCRIBES: PhysicalAndBiologicalEnvironment
 WHERE: PlantOccurs
}

ENTITY EcologicalNiche {
 DESCRIBES: EnvironmentalConditionsResourcesAndInteractions
 ASSOCIATED_WITH: PlantTaxonOrPopulation
}

RULE HabitatNicheDistinction {
 Habitat != EcologicalNiche
}

ENTITY EnvironmentalFactor {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Light, Temperature, WaterAvailability, SoilMoisture, Nutrients, pH, Salinity, Disturbance, Herbivory]
 MAY_MODULATE: PlantPerformance
}

ENTITY Resource {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Light, Water, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Space, CarbonDioxide]
 MAY_LIMIT: PlantGrowthOrReproduction
}

ENTITY LimitingResource {
 IS_A: Resource
 WHOSE_AVAILABILITY_CONSTRAINS: BiologicalPerformance
}

RULE LimitationConstraint {
 low_resource_concentration != demonstrated_resource_limitation
 WITHOUT response_or_manipulation_evidence
}

ENTITY PlantPerformance {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Survival, Growth, Reproduction, Recruitment, BiomassProduction]
}

ENTITY Fitness {
 DESCRIBES: RelativeReproductiveContribution
 IN: DefinedPopulationAndEnvironment
}

RULE FitnessConstraint {
 growth_rate != evolutionary_fitness
}

PROCESS Recruitment {
 ADDS: NewEstablishedIndividuals
 TO: Population
}

PROCESS Mortality {
 REMOVES: Individuals
 FROM: Population
}

PROCESS Dispersal {
 MOVES: [Seed, Spore, Pollen, VegetativePropagule]
 ACROSS: Space
}

ENTITY SeedBank {
 STORES: ViableSeeds
 IN: EnvironmentalReservoir
}

PROCESS Germination {
 TRANSITIONS: Seed
 TO: SeedlingDevelopment
}

PROCESS Establishment {
 TRANSITIONS: GerminatedOrDispersedPropagule
 TO: PersistentYoungPlant
}

RULE RecruitmentConstraint {
 germination != recruitment
 WITHOUT establishment
}

ENTITY PopulationGrowthRate {
 DESCRIBES: ChangeInPopulationSize
 OVER: Time
}

RULE PopulationBalance {
 change_in_population :=
  recruitment
  + immigration
  - mortality
  - emigration
}

PROCESS DensityDependence {
 CHANGES: PerCapitaPerformance
 WITH: PopulationDensity
}

PROCESS PlantCompetition {
 OCCURS_WHEN: PlantsReduceEachOthersAccessToResourcesOrPerformance
 MAY_BE: [IntraspecificCompetition, InterspecificCompetition]
}

PROCESS Facilitation {
 OCCURS_WHEN: OneOrganismImprovesConditionsOrPerformanceForAnother
}

PROCESS Allelopathy {
 INVOLVES: BiochemicallyMediatedEffect
 OF: OnePlant
 ON: AnotherOrganism
}

RULE AllelopathyConstraint {
 chemical_presence != demonstrated_allelopathic_effect
 WITHOUT exposure_and_response_evidence
}

PROCESS Herbivory {
 CONSUMES: PlantTissue
 BY: Herbivore
}

PROCESS Mutualism {
 BENEFITS: InteractingPartners
 IN: DefinedContext
}

ENTITY Mycorrhiza {
 IS_A: PlantFungusAssociation
 MAY_MODIFY: NutrientAndWaterAcquisition
}

ENTITY PlantMicrobiome {
 INCLUDES: MicroorganismsAssociatedWithPlant
 MAY_OCCUR_IN: [Rhizosphere, Phyllosphere, Endosphere]
}

PROCESS PlantMicrobeInteraction {
 MAY_BE: [Mutualistic, Commensal, Pathogenic, ContextDependent]
}

ENTITY Soil {
 PROVIDES: [Water, Nutrients, Anchorage, MicrobialHabitat]
 HAS_PROPERTIES: [Texture, Structure, OrganicMatter, pH, Moisture, NutrientStatus]
}

PROCESS NutrientCycling {
 TRANSFORMS_AND_TRANSFERS: Nutrients
 THROUGH: Ecosystem
}

PROCESS Decomposition {
 BREAKS_DOWN: OrganicMatter
 RELEASES_OR_TRANSFORMS: Nutrients
}

ENTITY Litter {
 IS_A: DeadPlantMaterial
 CONTRIBUTES_TO: DecompositionAndSoilOrganicMatter
}

PROCESS PrimaryProduction {
 CONVERTS: InorganicCarbon
 INTO: PlantBiomass
 THROUGH: Photosynthesis
}

ENTITY NetPrimaryProduction {
 ABBREVIATION: NPP
 REPRESENTS: PlantCarbonGainAfterAutotrophicRespiration
 OVER: DefinedAreaAndTime
}

RULE ProductivityConstraint {
 biomass_stock != productivity_rate
}

ENTITY PlantFunctionalTrait {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [SpecificLeafArea, LeafNitrogen, WoodDensity, SeedMass, PlantHeight, RootTrait]
 MAY_RELATE_TO: EcologicalStrategy
}

ENTITY SpecificLeafArea {
 ABBREVIATION: SLA
 RELATES: LeafArea
 TO: DryLeafMass
}

ENTITY FunctionalDiversity {
 DESCRIBES: DiversityOfFunctionalTraits
 WITHIN: Community
}

RULE TraitFunctionConstraint {
 trait_correlation != demonstrated_ecological_function
 WITHOUT mechanistic_or_performance_evidence
}

ENTITY LifeHistoryStrategy {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Annual, Biennial, Perennial]
}

PROCESS Succession {
 CHANGES: CommunityComposition
 OVER: Time
}

ENTITY PrimarySuccession {
 BEGINS_ON: NewlyExposedOrBiologicallySparseSubstrate
}

ENTITY SecondarySuccession {
 FOLLOWS: Disturbance
 WHERE: BiologicalLegacyRemains
}

ENTITY Disturbance {
 MAY_BE: [Fire, Flood, Storm, Drought, Grazing, LandUse, PathogenOutbreak]
 CHANGES: CommunityStructureOrResources
}

ENTITY DisturbanceRegime {
 DESCRIBES: [Frequency, Intensity, Duration, SpatialExtent, Type]
}

ENTITY EcologicalResistance {
 DESCRIBES: DegreeCommunityOrPopulationResistsChange
 DURING: Disturbance
}

ENTITY EcologicalResilience {
 DESCRIBES: RecoveryAfterDisturbance
}

RULE ResistanceResilienceDistinction {
 EcologicalResistance != EcologicalResilience
}

ENTITY SpeciesRichness {
 DESCRIBES: NumberOfSpecies
 IN: Community
}

ENTITY SpeciesDiversity {
 MAY_COMBINE: [Richness, Evenness]
}

ENTITY CommunityComposition {
 DESCRIBES: SpeciesAndTheirAbundances
}

RULE DiversityConstraint {
 diversity_measure MUST_PRESERVE metric_sampling_effort_area_and_taxonomic_resolution
}

ENTITY Biogeography {
 STUDIES: SpatialDistributionOfPlants
 ACROSS: GeographicScales
}

ENTITY PlantRange {
 DESCRIBES: GeographicDistribution
 OF: PlantTaxon
}

ENTITY RangeLimit {
 MAY_BE_INFLUENCED_BY: [Climate, Dispersal, BioticInteraction, History, Soil]
}

PROCESS RangeShift {
 CHANGES: GeographicDistribution
 OVER: Time
}

RULE RangeConstraint {
 observed_range != fundamental_niche
}

ENTITY Climate {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [TemperatureRegime, PrecipitationRegime, Seasonality, ExtremeEvents]
 INFLUENCES: PlantDistributionAndPerformance
}

ENTITY Phenology {
 DESCRIBES: TimingOfRecurringBiologicalEvents
 MAY_INCLUDE: [LeafOut, Flowering, Fruiting, Senescence]
}

PROCESS PhenologicalShift {
 CHANGES: TimingOfBiologicalEvent
 ACROSS: YearsOrConditions
}

ENTITY FireAdaptation {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Resprouting, Serotiny, ThickBark, FireStimulatedGermination]
}

RULE AdaptationConstraint {
 trait_associated_with_environment != demonstrated_adaptation
 WITHOUT fitness_and_selection_evidence
}

ENTITY InvasivePlant {
 IS_A: NonNativeOrExpandingPlant
 WHOSE_SPREAD_AND_IMPACTS: DependOnDefinedJurisdictionAndEcologicalCriteria
}

ENTITY NativePlant {
 OCCURS_IN: Region
 THROUGH: HistoricalBiogeographicProcesses
}

RULE NativeInvasiveConstraint {
 non_native != invasive
}

PROCESS VegetationSurvey {
 MAY_RECORD: [SpeciesPresence, Cover, Density, Biomass, Frequency]
}

PROCESS QuadratSampling {
 SAMPLES: Vegetation
 WITHIN: DefinedArea
}

PROCESS TransectSampling {
 SAMPLES: Vegetation
 ALONG: SpatialGradientOrLine
}

PROCESS RemoteSensing {
 MAY_MEASURE: [VegetationCover, CanopyStructure, Phenology, Productivity]
}

PROCESS PlantEcologyMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [Abundance, Density, Cover, Biomass, Diversity, Recruitment, Mortality, Productivity, FunctionalTraits, EnvironmentalVariables]
 MAY_USE: [FieldSurvey, QuadratSampling, TransectSampling, RemoteSensing, ExperimentalManipulation, MolecularAnalysis]
}

ENTITY PlantEcologyMeasurementContext {
 HAS: [PlantTaxon, PopulationOrCommunity, Habitat, SpatialScale, TemporalScale, EnvironmentalState, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

RULE MeasurementContextRule {
 IF plant_ecology_measurements ARE_COMPARED
 THEN PlantEcologyMeasurementContext MUST_BE preserved
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [EcologicalEvidence, PopulationEvidence, CommunityEvidence, TraitEvidence, PhysiologicalEvidence, EnvironmentalEvidence, BiogeographicEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, LongitudinalEvidence, RemoteSensingEvidence, GeneticEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_plant_ecology_models
  RECORD plant_taxon
  RECORD population_or_community
  RECORD habitat
  RECORD spatial_scale
  RECORD temporal_scale
  RECORD environmental_state
  RECORD measurement_method
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION PlantIndividual PART_OF PlantPopulation
RELATION PlantPopulation PART_OF PlantCommunity
RELATION PlantCommunity PART_OF Ecosystem
RELATION PlantPopulation OCCURS_IN Habitat
RELATION EnvironmentalFactor MODULATES PlantPerformance
RELATION PlantCompetition CONNECTS PlantIndividualsOrPopulations
RELATION PlantFunctionalTrait MAY_RELATE_TO EcologicalStrategy
RELATION PrimaryProduction CONTRIBUTES_TO CarbonCycle
RELATION Disturbance MODIFIES PlantCommunity
RELATION Climate INFLUENCES PlantRange

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "plant ecology" ~= "study of relationships between plants and their environments"
 "plant community" ~= "co-occurring assemblage of plant populations"
 "NPP" ~= "net primary production"
 "SLA" ~= "specific leaf area"
 "ecological resilience" ~= "recovery after ecological disturbance"
 "phenology" ~= "timing of recurring biological events"
}

CONFIDENCE PlantEcologyAssertion {
 INPUTS: [population_support, community_support, trait_support, physiological_support, environmental_support, biogeographic_support, experimental_support, longitudinal_support, spatial_support, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE CompetitionInference {
 IF neighbouring_plants reduce_resource_access_or_performance
 AND effect_is_reduced_when_competitor_removed
 THEN PlantCompetition MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE ResourceLimitationInference {
 IF resource_addition reproducibly_increases performance
 THEN LimitingResource MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
 WITH context
}

RULE SuccessionInference {
 IF community_composition changes_orderedly_over_time
 AFTER habitat_creation_or_disturbance
 THEN Succession MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE RangeShiftInference {
 IF repeated_spatial_observations show_distribution_boundary_change
 OVER: Time
 THEN RangeShift MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF plant_ecological_variable correlates_with environmental_or_community_outcome
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_experimental_or_longitudinal_evidence
}

QUERY PlantEcologyLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [plant_taxon, population, community, habitat, niche, environmental_factors, resources, interactions, functional_traits, disturbance, succession, biogeography, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PlantPopulationLookup(population_identifier) {
 RETURN [population_size, density, structure, recruitment, mortality, reproduction, dispersal, genetic_structure, habitat, environmental_context, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PlantCommunityLookup(community_identifier) {
 RETURN [species_composition, abundance, richness, diversity, functional_traits, interactions, productivity, disturbance_regime, succession_state, environmental_context, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_plant_ecology_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_plant_taxon_population_community_and_habitat()
  normalize_species_trait_resource_and_environmental_identifiers()
  capture_spatial_temporal_and_environmental_context()
  capture_sampling_method_units_and_timepoint()
  map_population_recruitment_mortality_reproduction_and_dispersal()
  map_competition_facilitation_herbivory_mutualism_and_microbiome_interactions()
  map_resource_limitation_soil_nutrient_and_water_relationships()
  map_productivity_carbon_and_nutrient_cycling()
  map_disturbance_succession_resistance_and_resilience()
  map_biogeography_range_climate_and_phenology()
  compare_existing_plant_ecology_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_plant_ecology_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [plant_taxon, population, community, habitat, ecological_niche, environmental_factors, resources, biotic_interactions, functional_traits, disturbance, spatial_temporal_context, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_species_population_community_and_habitat_context, preserve_spatial_temporal_environmental_and_sampling_context, distinguish_habitat_from_ecological_niche, distinguish_growth_rate_from_evolutionary_fitness, distinguish_germination_from_recruitment, distinguish_biomass_stock_from_productivity_rate, distinguish_resistance_from_resilience, distinguish_observed_range_from_fundamental_niche, distinguish_non_native_from_invasive, distinguish_trait_environment_association_from_adaptation, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE PlantEcology
 REQUIRE PlantIndividual
 REQUIRE PlantPopulation
 REQUIRE PlantCommunity
 REQUIRE Ecosystem
 REQUIRE Habitat
 REQUIRE EcologicalNiche
 REQUIRE EnvironmentalFactor
 REQUIRE PlantPerformance
 REQUIRE Recruitment
 REQUIRE PlantCompetition
 REQUIRE Facilitation
 REQUIRE PlantFunctionalTrait
 REQUIRE PrimaryProduction
 REQUIRE Succession
 REQUIRE Disturbance
 REQUIRE Biogeography
 REQUIRE PlantRange
 REQUIRE PlantEcologyMeasurement
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Habitat != EcologicalNiche
 ASSERT growth_rate != evolutionary_fitness
 ASSERT germination != recruitment
 ASSERT biomass_stock != productivity_rate
 ASSERT EcologicalResistance != EcologicalResilience
 ASSERT observed_range != fundamental_niche
 ASSERT non_native != invasive
 ASSERT trait_associated_with_environment != demonstrated_adaptation
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "PlantEcologyOntology"