{ "nid": "65", "details": "\x3cspan class=\"title\"\x3eEcoBeaker™: Sampling Under Pressure\x3c/span\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cspan class=\"description\"\x3eThe model in this lab distributes a number of species around an unexplored area of forests. Students are asked to come up with sampling strategies that will give them the information they would need to determine what parts of the forest should be put into reserves, given that they are allowed to choose but that some of the forest will be cut down. The first goal is to figure out how many species there are, and then to figure out an efficient sampling scheme for finding the number of species. Afterwards they propose another piece of information they think would be useful (e.g., the distributions of different species, which species are common and which are rare, whether there are hotspots of species richness, etc.) and explore sampling strategies to produce this information.\r\n\x3c/span\x3e\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cstrong\x3eLevel\x3c/strong\x3e: Advanced\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cstrong\x3eKey Concepts\x3c/strong\x3e: Biodiversity metrics; Sampling design\x3cbr/\x3e\n\x3cstrong\x3eCourses\x3c/strong\x3e: Applied Ecology; Conservation Biology; Ecology; Environmental Science\x3cbr/\x3e\n          \x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca href=\"/search_result_details/brief/65\" class=\"node_brief\"\x3eRead less\x3c/a\x3e        \x3cbr/\x3e\x3ca href=\"/cart/add/65\"\x3e + Add to course collection\x3c/a\x3e  \x3c/span\x3e \x3c!-- description --\x3e\n" }