Which elements are highlighted as possible leverage points in the complex deer-population model?

Conditions

• The context is the complex deer-population stock-flow diagram.
• Leverage points are identified by visual highlighting and narration.

Reasoning, step by step

1. Observe the blue arrows pointing to specific elements in the diagram.
2. Identify the first highlighted element: 'regeneration time' (a parameter for food).
3. Identify the second highlighted element: 'Predators' (a stock).
4. Identify the third highlighted element: 'hunting tags' (an auxiliary variable for management).
5. Connect these visual cues to the narrator's discussion of using leverage to improve the situation.

Example

As the narrator says to consider leverage to improve the situation, blue arrows successively highlight regeneration time, then Predators, then hunting tags.

Common misconceptions

• Assuming that only parameters can be leverage points.
• Believing that the highlighted elements are the only possible leverage points in the system.
• Confusing leverage points with the main stocks of the model.

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