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As simplifications of real system, models can be used by students to improve their understanding of an ecosystem and to make predictions about what will happen after a disturbance or other change to the ecosystem. This activity guides students through the development of quantitative ecological models. Students use a model to explore how ecosystems work and to predict how disturbance can affect ecosystem function.
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Resource Group TIEE
Resource Group Link https://ecoed.esa.org/index.php?P=SearchResults&F46=TIEE
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Life science discipline (subject)
Keywords model, theory, ecosystem, population, interaction, direct interaction, indirect interaction, ecosystem dynamics, feedback loop, invasive species
Key taxa New Zealand mud snail, Potamopyrgus antipodarum
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Pedagogical Use Description Teachers can use this activity to teach students about the dynamics of complex ecosystems. Students learn how to create models and use them to generate hypotheses and predictions for experiments. This activity could be also used to explore the effects of direct and indirect interactions at the ecosystem level.
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Url http://tiee.esa.org/vol/v4/experiments/ecological_models/abstract.html
Full Name of Primary Author Hang-Kwang Luh
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Primary Author Affiliation Portland State University.

Invasive Plant Research Laboratory, USDA-ARS.

Oregon State University
Primary Author email dresnem@pdx.edu, scott.blackwood@gmail.com, luhh@science.oregonstate.edu
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Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection Off
Big Data Collection Off
Editors Choice No
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Date Of Record Submission 2008-01-03
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use No
Date Of Record Release 2010-02-16 01:49:31
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Date Last Modified 2018-07-25 10:04:34
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