{ "nid": "54", "details": "\x3cspan class=\"title\"\x3eEcoBeaker™: Island Biogeography\x3c/span\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cspan class=\"description\"\x3eThis laboratory simulates a mainland with many species and an island whose size and distance from the mainland can be changed. Students move the island and modify its size to see how the equilibrium number of species is influenced, and then measure colonization and extinction rates to attempt to explain the pattern(s) uncovered.\r\n\x3c/span\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cstrong\x3eLevel\x3c/strong\x3e: Intro or advanced\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cstrong\x3eKey Concepts\x3c/strong\x3e: Colonization; Extinction; Island Biogeography\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cstrong\x3eCourses\x3c/strong\x3e: Community Ecology; Conservation Biology; Ecology; Evolution; Intro Bio: Eco/Evo/Genetics\x3cbr/\x3e\n          \x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca href=\"/search_result_details/brief/54\" class=\"node_brief\"\x3eRead less\x3c/a\x3e        \x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca href=\"/cart/add/54\"\x3e + Add to course collection\x3c/a\x3e  \x3c/span\x3e \x3c!-- description --\x3e\n" }