Time series plot of wolf and moose populations in Isle Royal National Park 1959–2003.
In this assignment, students will consider the effects of invasive species on ecosystems and look at population dynamics in predator-prey relationships. In examining data from previous studies, students will apply their understanding of graphical displays of data and of statistical concepts (mean, standard deviation, variance, correlation, significance) to interpret research findings. This document serves as an answer key; a student handout is provided in an accompanying document.
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Keywords
- agriculture
- altitude
- amphibian
- biodiversity
- chytrid
- coadaptation
- coevolution
- competition
- confidence
- correlation
- coyote
- deer
- density
- disease
- ecology
- economy
- ecosystem
- elevation
- elk
- environment
- equilibrium
- estimate
- experiment
- extrapolate
- food
- forest
- function
- fungus
- habitat
- health
- herbivore
- hypothesis
- inference
- invasive
- Isle Royale
- lagomorph
- log
- logarithm
- mean
- monkey
- moose
- native
- overpopulation
- peak
- physiology
- plant
- plot
- population
- precipitation
- predatory
- prey
- probability
- production
- range
- rat
- ratio
- regression
- reproduction
- resource
- significance
- slope
- species
- standard error
- temperature
- tree
- variance
- variation
- weather
- wolf
- Yellowstone
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