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Invasive species are a major threat to global biodiversity, second only to habitat destruction. One solution to the invasive plant species problem is biological control. Sometimes biological control is successful, and sometimes it is not. Thus, it is critical for ecologists to predict the likely success of biological control, and how much damage the control agent must inflict on an invasive species in order to significantly reduce its rate of population growth.
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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 biological control, demography, herbivory, indirect effects, invasive species, matrix modeling, population ecology, plant tolerance, trophic cascades, TIEE
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Pedagogical Use Description In this issue students can build on interpreting graphs and teaching each other, to exploring how matrix models are used to predict potential effectiveness of biological control using an example from the literature. This exercise allows them to integrate research data into a computer program (R, which is freely available on the internet, http://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/), hypothesize about and interpret their results, teach other students, and understand the application of the research. Further, they will learn about how trophic cascades can result in unintended consequences when scientists and communities decide to go forward with introducing biological control agents.
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Url http://tiee.esa.org/vol/v6/figure_sets/biocontrol/abstract.html
Full Name of Primary Author Michele R. Schutzenhofer
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Primary Author Affiliation Washington University in St. Louis
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Drought and Water Ecosystem Services Collection Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection Off
Big Data Collection Off
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Date Of Record Submission 2009-02-01
I Agree to EcoEdDL's Copyright Policy & Terms of Use No
Date Of Record Release 2011-03-09 13:45:43
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  • educationintern
Date Last Modified 2018-07-25 15:48:59
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