Tuesday, February 21, 2006

ESY Predator Prey Simulations

Each class is examining predator-prey interactions using a variety of simulation methods. We first used coloured beads to model a habitat with mice and foxes. In the second simulation we used an on-line simulation available from arcytech that models a habitat with oaks, squirrels, and hawks. In the arcytech simulation one can control a variety of variables ranging from nutrients for trees to hawk reproductive rates.