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    Theory of Island Biogeography Virtual Lab

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    This document provides instructions for a virtual lab simulation on island biogeography. Students are asked to simulate species migration from the main ecosystem to two islands of different sizes and distances, and analyze which island receives more immigrants. They then analyze the results, compare it to their initial hypothesis, and answer questions about island habitats, barriers to species movement, and effects of invasive species.

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    This document provides instructions for a virtual lab simulation on island biogeography. Students are asked to simulate species migration from the main ecosystem to two islands of different sizes and distances, and analyze which island receives more immigrants. They then analyze the results, compare it to their initial hypothesis, and answer questions about island habitats, barriers to species movement, and effects of invasive species.

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    Name: ___________________________________ Per: ________

    Theory of Island Biogeography Virtual Lab


    Background:
    The purpose of this lab is to examine the effect that habitat fragmentation has on biodiversity. You will explore
    how the size of an island habitat and its distance to the main ecosystem affects its biodiversity. Specifically, you
    will be analyzing how likely it is for migrants from the main ecosystem to reach the various habitat islands.
    Hypothesizing
    When your species migrates from the main ecosystem out towards the two islands, which islands will receive
    the greatest number of immigrants and which the least? Rank the islands in order going from the one you
    think will receive the most immigrants to the one you think will receive the least immigrants.

    Procedure
    1. Proceed to http://virtualbiologylab.org/ModelsHTML5/IslandBiogeography/IslandBiogeography.html
    2. Draw the mini version of you island habitat. Label the two islands. Notice that they are far/large, and
    near/small.

    3. Read the Background Information.


    4. Read and interact with the Tutorial buttons.
    5. Change the default and pick a habitat, change island distance for one island, change the island diameter of
    that same island, also change the taxon, and the migration rate. Since you are picking I should see a random
    experimental design, and not the same data.
    6. Screen shot your experimental design with all the changes you made and submit
    7. Run the data
    8. Draw and label your new mini version of your island habitat here. Label the two islands. Label if they are
    far/large, far/small, hear/large, and near/small

    9. Screen shot you Data Collection and submit


    10. Label the following graph. Indicate where your two islands fell on this graph.

    1
    Use p. 105 + in textbook to help in answering these questions (read and discuss questions before reading)
    1. Was your hypothesis correct? Now that you have completed the simulation, what is your explanation
    for the results that you got?

    2. Island habitats in the ocean or a large lake are easy to visualize. What would be some examples of
    terrestrial “island” habitats?

    3. What are some of the natural barriers to species 4. Man-made barriers?


    movement/migration that isolate them and create
    habitat islands?

    5. What are more likely to evolve on islands (after the initial colonization)—specialists or generalists? Why?

    6. Would invasive species be especially damaging to an island ecosystem? Why?

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