Simulations
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General Simulations and
Information
- The Impact of Mathematics on Ecology
and Evolutionary Biology.General
Source for Simulations: Downloads
will be assigned in class.
- Visit the
Quantitative Population Ecology Web Page. General readings on many topics can be found
here. Visit it often during the semester,
- A tutorial (with examples) of ecological simulation. This includes
discussions on the usefulness of simulations, their limits, and methods of modeling
ecological situations.
- Modeling Population
Growth. A readable explanation of the modeling process from a mathematician's point of
view.
- Using the keyboard.
Tietjen Web-based Simulations
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The following simulations are configured to work in your browser.
In some cases they will not appear if your system does not accept active X
controls. If that's the case, and you don't want to enable the control, use the
stand-alone programs and install them on your computer. Directions and
laboratories using these programs are accessed by clicking on the following
group.
- Insect Orders widget.
- Go to the
Moth Simulation.
- Species Diversity Calculator
- Dendogram calculations.
- Climate Space Model
- Transpiration Model
- Game Theory Model.
- Life Table widget.
- Mark and Recapture Simulation.
- Population Growth Model
- Competition Model`
- Predator-Prey Models
- Food Web/ Cybernetic Simulation
also available in jive
- Energy flow simulation.
- Marine Productivity Model.
- Leaf Litter Decomposition
- Computer
programs for data collection and analysis.
Tietjen Stand-alone Simulations
IMPORTANT NOTE:
The following simulations only include the program. For
instructions and activities click on the above links.
If you wish, you can
Download and Install stand-alone versions of the ecology and evolution models.
These versions will run without a connection to the interne and provide additional
functionality. Click on the desired model, tell it to run from it's current location, and
just follow the setup directions. For more detailed install procedures, click here. Permission is granted to
other instructors to use these programs in their classrooms. All I ask is that you e-mail
me telling me how the programs are being used. Suggestions are welcome.
- Download and Install Bug key
- Download and Install Climate
Space Simulation
- Download and Install Transpiration
Model
- Download and Install Selection
Simulation (Moth Simulation)
- Download and Install Dendogram
Widget Here's the BIG dendogram version
for Korn's class!
- Download and Install Diversity
Calculator
- Download and Install Life
Table Calculator
- Download and Install Game
Theory Simulator
- Download and Install Population
Growth Simulation
- Download and Install Competition
Simulation
- Download and Install Predator-Prey
Simulation
- Download and Install Cybernetic
Simulation. If the other program is too big for your screen, try this: LittleWeb
- Download and Install Food
Chain and Energy Flow Simulation
- Download and Install Primary
Productivity Simulator
- Download and Install Marine
Productivity Simulator
- Download and Install Litter
Decomposition Simulator
MathCAD Simulations.
The following files are on the
Bellarmine Server (Word versions are available for printing out if you have a problem with
MathCAD):
- CLIMATE SPACE.MCD: This is our climate space model
(black-box animals near a bush or rock). You can examine or print out a Word version of
the climate space model by clicking HERE.
- SELCTION.MCD: This is a model of natural
selection. It uses the same set of formulae as our pepper moth simulation that was run in
the laboratory. Click
for an
Excel Spreadsheet to test the natural selection. Read the Peppered Moth lab that goes along with the selection calculations HERE. You can look at a Word version of the MathCAD selection model and save it
to disk or print it out. Read about the Peppered moth in greater detail.
- GROWTH,MCD: Discrete generation growth models.
Click
for an
Excel Spreadsheet to test the logistic model. Look at and/or print out a Word version of
the MathCAD growth model by clicking HERE.
- CGROWTH.MCD: Continuous growth models. A Word version is available.
Movies, Animations, Sound Clips and the like.
Off-site models
- Climate Model with Carbon Cycle: Run it.
- Biomorphs. Visit the
Richard Dawkins web page for more information
on this concept (see The Blind Watchmaker) Also see here
- Download
ecomaster shareware game. Bid for and trade animals based on their abilities to survive in
different environments.
- Get Animal Quest 4.0 (or Dinosaur Predators)!
-
Free Climate Model from NASA
- The Aid Game
-
Biomorphs.
Visit the Richard Dawkins web
page for more information on this concept (see The Blind Watchmaker)
-
Download and Install ecomaster shareware game. Bid for and trade animals
based on their abilities to survive in different environments.
- Get
Animal Quest 4.0 (or Dinosaur Predators)!
Ecological
and Social Dynamics in Simple Models of Ecosystem Management