Title: LAB - Niche Wars
Course: BIO-182 RTZ > Section: week 12 - Species Interaction & Coevolution

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The LAB:  Print the workbook (22 pages). Read the introduction. On page 3 of the introduction is an overview of the various lab activities; on page 4, a brief overview of the different parameters you'll be modeling in this simulation.

PART 1: COMPETITIVE EXCLUSION

- Exercise 1: Rabbits and Their Habits: Competitive Exclusion. On a separate document, answer the following questions: 2.1,  3.1,  4.1, 4.2, 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 8.1, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2

PART 2: WHEN CAN SPECIES COEXIST?

- Exercise 2: When Can Species Coexist? Answer the following questions on the same document above: 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2
- Exercise 3: Coexistence: Competition and the Realized Niche in a Complex World. Answer the following questions on the same document you started above: 2.1, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 5.1,

PART 3: The COEXISTENCE CHALLENGE (This section is not required)

GRADED QUESTIONS:  Go to the drop down menu on the screen (above the rabbit pen) and select "Graded Questions" Answer all ten questions. After you've answered all of them, select "submit answers."  These will be automatically submitted to and graded by the SimUText program. I will see that they're graded when you've completed them and will incorporate your score on these questions into your overall grade for this lab assignment.