Task: Ecological Modeling for Class Use
Leader: Yaffa Grossman, Beloit College, Beloit, WI (grossman@beloit.edu)
Information on some of the models and materials mentioned at the workshop
Environmental Decision Making (EDM)
Elisabeth C. Odum (Santa Fe Community College),
H. T. Odum (University of Florida - Gainesville), and
Nils S. Peterson (Washington State University)EDM allows students to build ecosystem models from pre-existing components using visual programming tools. EDM (http://www.bioquest.org/BQLibrary/library/edm.html) will be available soon from BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium: http://www.bioquest.org/indexlib.html
PEACH
Yaffa L. Grossman (Beloit College),
Theodore M. DeJong (University of California, Davis), and
Scott F. Vosburg (Independent Software Developer)PEACH allows student to simulate tree growth and fruit production by modeling photosynthesis, respiration, and partitioning to various plant organs. PEACH (http://www.bioquest.org/BQLibrary/firstreview/peach.html) will be available soon from BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium: http://www.bioquest.org/indexlib.html
RAMAS
Shultz, S.M., A.E. Dunham, K.V. Root, S.L. Soucy, S.D. Carroll, and L.R. Ginzburg. 1999. Conservation Biology with RAMAS® EcoLab. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA, USA.
RAMAS allows students to build population models for use in conservation biology. Information on RAMAS is available at http://www.ramas.com/
Books on modeling using Excel
Donovan, T.M. and C.W. Welden. 2002. Spreadsheet exercises in conservation biology and landscape ecology. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA, USA.
Donovan, T.M. and C.W. Welden. 2002. Spreadsheet exercises in ecology and evolution. Sinauer Associates, Inc., Sunderland, MA, USA.
Excel file for Fire Simulation by Yaffa Grossman (beloit.edu/~grossman/Fire_simulation.xls)
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