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Theoretical Ecology Lab
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A lab that explores why organisms live in groups, using herons, bean weevils, and digital insects on a computer.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring what sets group-living organisms apart from solitary ones.
The Theoretical Ecology Lab studies, from the perspective of population biology, why organisms live in groups or alone.
Its study subjects are wide-ranging: wild heron colonies, bean weevil populations kept indoors, wild bumblebee colonies, and artificial life (digital insects) running inside a computer.
Associate Professor Yukihiko Tokunaga is often described as a theoretical researcher, but he considers himself a researcher who focuses mainly on field surveys.
Associate Professor Tokunaga teaches theoretical biology as well as ecology, statistics, and programming.
Key terms
- Population
- A group of organisms of the same species living in a particular place.
- Artificial life
- Research that builds things that behave like living organisms inside a computer in order to study how living systems work.
ResearchResearch themes
Some organisms live in groups, while others live alone. This lab investigates the reasons for this difference using populations in the field, in the laboratory, and on a computer.
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- Associate ProfessorYukihiko Tokunaga
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Flock of Wading Birds at Hilpsford - geograph.org.uk - 148774” Chris Upson / CC BY-SA 2.0 (cropped)
- Why Organisms Live in Groups and Why They Live Alone: “Acanthoscelides obtectus TP01” Tobias 67 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (Eukaryotic Microbial Genomics Lab (Shigekatsu Suzuki)): “Diatoms through the microscope” Prof. Gordon T. Taylor, Stony Brook University / Public domain (cropped)
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