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Metapopulation Research Centre

Combining ecological, molecular, computational and theoretical research
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In this page you will find material that can be used for teaching some of the basic principles of Ecology and Evolutionary biology and also links to the study organisms used in our group. Some of the material is available only in Finnish and Swedish

Opetusmateriaalia: Täpläverkkoperhonen - linkki tutkimuksesta opetukseen
Undervisningsmaterial: Ängsnätfjärilen - en länk mellan forskning och undervisning
The Metapopulation Game
Photos of Glanville fritillary
Study organisms

Opetusmateriaalia: Täpläverkkoperhonen - linkki tutkimuksesta opetukseen

Melitaea cinxia and a predatory spider

Tämän opetussivuston alkuperäisenä tarkoituksena oli välittää Ahvenanmaalla tehdyistä ekologisista tutkimuksista saatua tietoa paikalliselle väestölle. Kohderyhmänä olivat lähinnä lähinnä peruskoululaiset,  mutta tietopaketti soveltuu myös kaikille muille kiinnostuneille sekä Ahvenanmaalla että muualla Suomessa. Sivustolla esitellään lyhyesti esimerkkien valossa ekologian ja evoluution peruskäsitteitä.

Undervisningsmaterial: Ängsnätfjärilen - en länk mellan forskning och undervisning

Melitaea cinxia in population cage

Meningen med de här sidorna är att förmedla dessa forskningsresultat till allmänheten och informationen är främst menad som undervisnings-material för elever i grundskolor, men även för alla andra intresserade.

The Metapopulation Game

MRC metapop game image

This is a game that illustrates metapopulation dynamics, including local extinctions and recolonizations, inbreeding/outbreeding, and predators and parasitoids. Predators and parasitoids occupy the matrix habitat and cause mortality during dispersal. The ‘fritillaries’ are the actual players, which occur as a metapopulation and share the individual aim of maximizing lifetime reproductive success

Photos of Glanville fritillary

Glanville fritillary - Melitaea cinxia

Pictures of the Glanville fritillary (Melitaea cinxia) that may be used freely for non-commercial purposes.

Study organisms

A food web with M. cinxia and Plantago lanceolata

Main study organisms (past and some present) in Metapopulation Research Centre including examples of invertebrates, vertebrates, plants and fungi.

Invertebrates  
Araschnia levana Map butterfly
Canthonini & Helictopleurini Scarabaeidae beetles
Cotesia melitaearum Checkerspot parasitoid
Gelis agilis hyperparasitoid of Cotesia melitaearum
Helictopleurini Scarabaeidae beetles
Hyposoter horticola Checkerspot parasitoid
Melitaea athalia Heath fritillary
Melitaea cinxia Glanville fritillary
Mesochorus sp. cf. stigmaticus hyperparasitoid of Hyposoter horticola
   
Plants  
Plantago lanceolata Ribwort plantain
Veronica spicata Spiked speedwell
   
Fungi  
Podosphaera plantaginis Powdery mildew
Poroid Aphyllophorales Polypores
Updated: 2.11.2016

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