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Exploring Demographic and Genetic Stochasticity with Dice

Exploring Demographic and Genetic Stochasticity with Dice.pdf

This article describes a simulation, which uses dice to explore the concepts of demographic and genetic stochasticity.

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Primary or BEN resource type	Assignment/activity (non-laboratory)
Format	pdf
Core Concepts	Ecological Core Concepts -- Populations -- Population growth and regulation Ecological Core Concepts -- Populations
Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection	Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection	Off
Big Data Collection	Off
Editor's Choice	No
Audience	Undergraduate upper division 15-16 Undergraduate lower division 13-14
Pedagogical Use Description	This should be used as a guide to perform a simulation that demonstrates aspects of demographic and genetic stochasticity
Keywords	demographic stochasticity; genetic stochasticity; reproduction; reproductive rate, ecology 101
Life science discipline (subject)	Ecology
Primary Author Controlled Name	Will Wilson
Primary Author Affiliation	Duke University
Primary Author email	wgw@duke.edu
Rights	Author retains copyright
Date Of Record Submission	2000-07-01

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