Create the parameters of your own ecosystem by choosing which producers and consumers live there. Visualize how the food web operates and species populations change. This simulator mimics the food web within a typical ecosystem and gives...

Students learn the many ecological factors that affect the carrying capacity for populations of wild species.

Students will understand the ecological concepts behind population dynamics of wildlife species.

Describes six levels of organization in the biological world - individual species, population, community, ecosystem, biome, and biosphere.

A discussion of the effects of the Industrial Revolution on population growth, with emphasis on the question of sustainability. A great introduction to the field of ecology.

Given scenarios, illustrations, or descriptions, the student will identify the process of ecological succession and the impact that succession has on populations and species diversity.

A general overview of the physical characteristics of arthropods, including information about their important ecological role on the planet with their immense population.

This graphic from Ecology and Evolution of Darwin's Finches by Peter Grant presents data from the Galapagos Islands, showing that a severe drought put selective pressure on the population of Darwin's finches and resulted in a change in...