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Connecting Concepts: Ecology/Population Dynamics 2: Logistic Growth

Students will: 1) complete interactive explorations of density-dependence and carrying capacity, the difference between r (realized intrinsic rate of increase or per capita, growth rate), rmax, (maximum intrinsic rate of increase and dN/dt (population growth rate), how growth rate changes over time while r decreases; and 2) summarize and compare properties of exponential and logistic growth.
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Material Type:
Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:
April 6, 2005
Date Modified in MERLOT:
March 23, 2017
Author:
Jan Cheetham, University of Wisconsin - Madison  
Robert Jeanne  
Submitter:
Michelle Capes
Primary Audience:
College General Ed
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Other
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Flash Player
Language:
English
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no
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This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States

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Marty Zahn
Marty Zahn (Faculty)
5 years ago

Part two of three parts to an outstanding interactive exercise for students learn about population dynamics. Well written and requires students to figure out the answers. If incorrect answer, takes them back to the basic material. Very well done.

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