Software
CourseWare, Moosewood, Gecko, and other programs are Java-based
simulators designed by faculty and a programmer in CBCS. This software helps students
understand complex ecological patterns and processes traditionally taught in
such courses as landscape ecology, community ecology, and wildlife conservation
ecology. CourseWare modules, currently 20 in number, explore climate change, the
impacts of anthropogenic activities on natural ecosystems, predator-prey
relationships, and many other topics covered in traditional graduate and
undergraduate level landscape and community ecology courses. CBCS simulators
were featured in the Netwatch section of Science Magazine on February 14, 2003
(Volume 2003). For more information on the simulators, please contact CBCS at
cbcs@yale.edu.
