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    Exploring the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model using Two Species of Parasitoid Wasps
    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 2

    Keywords: population dynamicsResources @ ESA - TIEEspecies interactionscompetition models

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    2011-Brian_Winkel-Parameter Estimates in Differential Equation Models for Population Growth
    We estimate the parameters present in several differential equation models of population growth, specifically logistic growth models and multiple species competition models.

    Keywords: logisticpopulationparameciaGausegradient search

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    2011-Brian_Winkel-Parameter_Estimates_in_Differential_Equation_Models_for_Population_Growth
    We estimate the parameters present in several differential equation models of population growth, specifically single species exponential and logistic growth, and multiple species competition and...

    Keywords: population modelparameter estimationpopulationparameter

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    6-040-StruggleForExistence-ModelingScenario
    We use historical data from the 1930's in the Soviet Union and model competition between two species of yeast after modeling each species separately and estimate parameters

    Keywords: competitionlogisticcarrying capacityparamecium

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    2014-Andre_De Ross-Modeling Population Dynamics
    This course is intended as an introduction to the formulation, analysis and application of mathematical models that describe the dynamics of biological populations.

    Keywords: predator-preycompetitionpopulationgrowthbifrucationtext

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    Two-Species Model
    These two Excel worksheets simulate the population growth of two interacting species. In isolation, each species grows logistically, but interaction effects between species may limit or enhance...

    Keywords: population growthcompetition modelsLotka-Volterra

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    5-023-FakingGause-ModelingScenario
    We use a fake or toy data set to permit discovery of the parameters in a two population protozoan model used to study paramecium and yeast competition in the 1930's studies of G. F. Gause in the...

    Keywords: competitionlogisticyeastGauseparameciumpoplulation

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    2003-Knorrenschild-Gross-Text Books on Mathematical Modeling in Biology
    Text Books on Mathematical Modeling in Biology Compiled from the Internet by Michael Knorrenschild,

    Keywords: biologyMathematical Biologytextbooktext

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    2016-Rob_deBoer-Population Dynamics  A Graphical Approach
    This book is an introduction into modeling population dynamics in ecology. Because there are several good textbooks on this subject, the book needs a novel ecological niche to justify its existence.

    Keywords: mathematical modelstabilitycompetitionSIRbifurcationconsumptionpopulation population dynamicsgeneral replicationnonlinear density dependenciesfunctional responsepersistencephase plan analysis

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    3-087-ThanosPopulationDynamicsInteractingSpecies-ModelingScenario
    Thanos snaps his fingers and turns half of all living creatures to dust with the hope of restoring balance to the natural world. How does this affect the long term behavior of various species?

    Keywords: species interactionspredator-preycompetitionLotka-Volterrasensitivity analysisdynamicspopulation

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    6-067-LotkaVolterra-ModelingScenario
    This modeling scenario guides students through the process of fitting the Lotka-Volterra model of two differential equations to a real time series observational data. Students use the capabilities...

    Keywords: time seriesdatacompetitionLotka-Volterramodel fittingpredictiongauseRexperimental

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    Modeling Two Species Interactions Educational Module
    This set of files comprises an educational module for use in college-level ecology courses. It focuses on exploring two species interactions (mutualism, competition, and predator-prey dynamics)...

    Keywords: ecologyspecies interactionsmathematical modeling

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    2011-Lucas_Pulley-Analyzing Predator-Prey Models Using Systems of Ordinary Linear Differential Equations
    This research focused on applying biological mathematics to analyzing predation relationships, especially the relationship between the Canadian Lynx and the Snowshoe Hare.

    Keywords: simulationpredator-preyLotka-VolterrapopulationCanadian LynxSnowshoe Harecritical values

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    2014-Yahdi-EtAl-Modeling and Sensitivity Analysis of the Role of Biodiversity to Control Pest Damage in Agroecosystems
    The paper provides a mathematical framework for cost-effective and environmentally safe strategies to minimize alfalfa damage from pests in alfalfa agroecosystems with optimal biodiversity levels.

    Keywords: sensitivity analysispredatorsteady statealfalfaShannon diversity indexplant herbivore

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    Interspecific Competition: the Lotka-Volterra Model
    This module introduces the Lotka-Volterra Model in the context of understanding interspecific competition. It is intended for an introductory biology audience.

    Keywords: differential equationsecologyLotka-Volterrainterspecific interactionsstate-space graphs

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    2007-John_Jungck-Ten_Equations_that_Changed_Biology-Mathematics_in_Problem-Solving_Biology_Curricula The author
    These equations were selected upon the basis of wide-spread recognition of the value of the models.

    Keywords: biologyequationsten equations

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    Mosquito Invasion! A Lotka-Volterra Competition Case Study
    In this instructor-led interrupted case study, students practice interpreting Lotka-Volterra competition model parameters using data on an invasive and native mosquito species.
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    2011-Nancy_Rodrıguez-Applied Partial Differential Equations in Crime Modeling and Biological Aggregation
    In the first part we study a fully-parabolic system of PDEs for residential burglary ‘hotspots’ (spatio-temporal areas of high density of crime). In this work we are concerned with the existence...

    Keywords: biologyDiffusionKeller-Segel modelchemotaxiscrime

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    Moths and Frogs and E. coli, Oh My!: Agent-based Modeling of Evolutionary Systems
    In evolution classrooms, introducing and reinforcing the idea of genetic drift and random selection can be challenging, as can be reinforcing appropriate mental models of evolution. Agent-based...

    Keywords: modelingEvolutionecologyagent-based modelingGenetic Driftenvironmental scienceNatural Selectioncompetitive coevolutionsimulation modelingevolutionary reasoning

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    That Vertebrate Ate What Exactly?
    During the course of this lesson, students will analyze CT scan data and observe bycatch (or an unknown discovery) captured during the scanning process of vertebrates.

    Keywords: EvolutionidigbioAP Biologynatural history collections3D modelsanatomy and physiology#NGSSVertebrate MorphologyCT scanoVert

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