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4. A Simulation Model of Fire Ant Competition with Cave Crickets at Fort Hood, Texas

verfasst von : Bart Rossmann, Tim Peterson, John Drake

Erschienen in: Ecologist-Developed Spatially-Explicit Dynamic Landscape Models

Verlag: Springer US

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Abstract

Cave cricket populations are essential to the survival of many rare invertebrates that are endemic to the karst regions of Fort Hood, TX. The organic matter they bring into the caves provides an energy source for many karst invertebrates. Red Imported Fire Ants (RIFA) migrating from South America into the southern USA compete for resources with and prey upon cave crickets, which can indirectly threaten certain populations of rare invertebrates. This chapter describes the development of a simple computer model using NetLogo (http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/) that can be localized to support cave-management activities at a variety of locations affected by RIFA. This model incorporates the expertise of natural resources personnel, information from field studies, and digital mapping data to provide spatially explicit simulations of RIFA competition with cave crickets.

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An operational copy of this model is available through http://​extras.​springer.​com.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
A Simulation Model of Fire Ant Competition with Cave Crickets at Fort Hood, Texas
verfasst von
Bart Rossmann
Tim Peterson
John Drake
Copyright-Jahr
2012
Verlag
Springer US
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-1257-1_4