The BirdSym model demonstrates how sympatric speciation can emerge through resource competition and adaptive dynamics. Unlike allopatric speciation that requires geographic isolation, sympatric speciation occurs within the same geographical area through ecological specialization.

This playground visualizes bifurcation diagrams showing how populations can split into distinct species as environmental parameters change. The model captures the critical transitions where a single population becomes unstable and bifurcates into multiple coexisting species.

Key concepts include: adaptive dynamics, evolutionary branching, resource competition, bifurcation theory, and the mathematics of speciation processes in ecological systems.