Discuss Findings

mid_duration_rescues_moderate_persistence 0.042521 +/- 0.00011706 (d=363.23, sign-consistent=100.0%); mid_duration_improves_recovery -0.29056 +/- 0.00055396 (d=-524.52, sign-consistent=0.0%); long_duration_overbuffers_high_persistence -0.25001 +/- 0.00069962 (d=-357.36, sign-consistent=0.0%)

CONFIRMED (trade-off). Despite only 18 seeds, all three metrics show enormous effect sizes with 100% sign consistency. Mid-duration dormancy reliably rescues moderate-persistence populations (+0.043, d=363, universally positive), but simultaneously worsens recovery speed (-0.291, d=-524, universally negative) and causes long-duration overbuffering in high-persistence regimes (-0.250, d=-357, universally negative). The trade-off is sharp and unambiguous: dormancy duration buys population persistence at the direct cost of post-disturbance recovery. The pattern is already converged — d values in the hundreds leave no room for sign reversal with more seeds.