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Concept Maps
Visual road maps that depict known or suggested relationships between ideas.
Idea/inforelationship examples
Dairy products
Meat/Fish
Fruits/Veges
Idea/info
REQUIRECAUSE
CONTRIBUTES
Forexample
Downward-branching hierarchical structureMessy
Interactions & Feedbacks
Too detailed
That’s okay!
1. Hone in on your scientific question
2. Provide context for your scientific question, and organize and structure your Introduction
3. Develop hypotheses to test
4. Determine methodology required to test hypotheses
Concept Maps can help you:
You have a question
You need broad context
You need a question
You have a broad interest
HABITATAMAZONIAN RAINFOREST
Birds
Arthropods
Mammals ?+/-
AMAZONIAN RAINFORESTS
give criti
cal t
o
1. Honing in on your scientific question
Olinguito!!!
such as
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2. Honing in on your scientific question(another approach)
(taken from Myers-Smith et al. 2011)
Arctic tundra is becoming Shrubbier!
Arctic tundra is becoming shrubbier!
2. Providing context for your scientific question(for your Introduction)
Does the presence of caribou inhibit/promote
shrub dominance in Arctic tundra?
Who cares ?(start reading!)
Does the presence of caribou inhibit/promoteshrub dominance in Arctic tundra?
Climate Forcing!
Caribou are the main large herbivore in northern Alaska
Trample Forage Fertilize
impacts
+/- ?causing
Arctic climate warming fast
Abiotic & biotic responses are acute
thermokarst fire regimes growing season length
veg productivity woody shrub dominance
energy balance carbon sink/source alters wildlife habitat
nutrient cycling thaw depth snow distribution
for example
which impactscontribute to
Feeds back to
Shrub dominance
understory vegetation
damage
shrub branches
shrub species
forage
understory species
Increase nutrient availability for
all species
fertilize
3. Development of Hypotheses
4. Determine Methods
+/- ?
Try it with others !
• formulate questions• clarify system boundaries • identify gaps in existing data• Reveal thoughts and assumptions• Combine knowledge from different expertise
Your turn !