Ecology Labs

  1. Ecological Methods
  2. Ecology and Evolution Labs (Off Site)
  3. Get SimAnt, Darwin Pond and other simulation games!
  4. The Protists Laboratory HTML version Pond Water Laboratory pix for in the lab or review (do NOT print out) Pond Ecosystem Link (Good stuff on Nutrient Cycling)
  5. Ecological Simulation using Excel A quick tutorial on using Excel is here
  6. Do the Stella Modeling for Population Growth in Secret Readings
  7. Computer programs for data collection and analysis.
  8. Working with a Palm Computer
  9. Flower Communities also available in jive. (PDF Version is here)
  10. Falls of the Ohio Field Trip and Laboratory. (PDF Version is Here)
  11. Data set for Plant Distribution Lab. See this discussion on spatial distribution.
  12. Peppered Moth Simulation. Go to the Moth Simulation. The problem is actually a little more complicated than the simulation lets on. Read about that here
  13. Ecotone Analysis Laboratory. (PDF is here)
  14. Responses to Abiotic Factors Laboratory. (A pdf is here)
  15. Transpiration Simulation
  16. Effects of Estrogen on Male Fighting Fish Behavior (for Lab) The Excel Data Sheet is Here Data results for fish Fall 2004
  17. How to use a palm computer (Big Clock Example)
  18. Water Pollution and Effects on the Vinegar Eel, Turbatrix aceti
  19. Owl pellet laboratory: Examination of a food web. (a PDF is here)
  20. Decomposer Communities: Arthropods in the leaf litter.
  21. Game theory simulation.
  22. Population Growth Model
  23. Competition Model  or Competition in Pig Latin
  24. Predator-Prey Models
  25. Predator-Prey assignment.
  26. Food Chain Simulation.
  27. Food Web Simulation  also available in jive
  28. Marine Productivity Model.
  29. Human Life Table Laboratory.
  30. Stella Models
  31. Shark Fossil Lab- Get additional computations here. 
  32. Population Growth Laboratory.
  33. Trophic Ecology of Humans. Calorie counters can be found here. You can download data and a 30-day trial version of a calorie counter from this web site (be sure to get the data files for fast food and USDA data here). You can also search the USDA Nutrient Data Library directly.
  34. Visit the Quantitative Population Ecology Web Page. General readings on many topics can be found here. Visit it often during the semester.
  35. gisbutton.gif (3903 bytes)   Introduction to Geographical Information Systems (PDF is here)    (Assignment)
  36. Remote Sensing Tutorial.
  37. Arcview Tutorial: http://boris.qub.ac.uk/shane/arc/ARChome.html
  38. Arcview Home Page: http://www.esri.com/ Try the Arcdata Online area:  http://www.esri.com/data/online/index.html
  39. ArcView TIGER data for the USA.
  40. ArcView Range Maps for Tree Species
  41. Environmental Database: Global Resource Information Database.
  42. United States Geological Survey: Visit this site for data and viewing software.
  43. Mapping and Demographics On-line Mag: Directions Magazine.
  44. WWW.GIS.COM
  45. Free Mapping Programs for the Palm and Pocket PC computers (includes GPS interface)
  46. Climate Data Library: Mostly oceanographic and atmospheric data sets with examples.
  47. Mastodon Lab
  48. Working Climate Model from NASA (free)
  49. Google Earth Download Page Google Earth Lab