Fig. 6: Information flow between species and environment as measured using Transfer Entropy for various mutation rates.
From: Information dynamics and the emergence of high-order individuality in ecosystems
The top panel shows the variation at the scale of a single species (scale 1), and the bottom panel shows the higher-order grouping (scale 6). Generally, more information flows from the environment to the species. Except for scale 6 in the transition region, where an almost symmetric information flow is observed in both directions. A peak in the transfer entropy is seen at both scales during the transition region. The lines show the ensemble average values of the measures calculated from 10,000 simulations of the Tangled Nature Model, using the standard parameters described in the methods. The standard deviation of measures from the mean is shown using the error bands around the lines.
