The Interactions of Life: Ecology

• What factors affect animal population growth?

• Why do some communities have more species than others?

• How does energy flow through an ecosystem?

• What is a biome and where are they located worldwide?

• What causes global warming, and what are the potential consequences?

• How is energy balance maintained in the feeding relationship within an ecosystem?

Sample Simulations: Ecology

 

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SUBJECT: Ecology TITLE: Lotka-Volterra Predator-Prey FORMAT: Java Applet (plug-in required) SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)
SUBJECT: Ecology TITLE: Biogeography FORMAT: Java Applet (plug-in required) SOURCE: Purves, et al., Life: The Science of Biology, Eighth Edition, Sinauer Associates (More info...)