Application

EcoBalance

Use a direct responsive predator-prey workbench to compare ecological feedback, oscillation, stability, and collapse without leaving the public evo-edu surface.

Learner guide Teacher guide About and provenance Open legacy prototype

First challenge Run the defaults, then raise carrying capacity and compare how prey peaks and predator lag change.

Key habit Distinguish visible cycles from stable balance. A repeating pattern can still hide long-term fragility.

Legacy memorialized The earlier predator-prey prototype remains available as a legacy route while this direct workbench replaces the iframe workflow.

Run Actions

Controls you will use first

Keep run, save, export, and import actions separate from the ecological parameters so the first useful experiment remains clear.

Import Settings

Current Run Status

Final prey 0.0

Final predator 0.0

Peak prey 0.0

Peak predator 0.0

Try This First

Step 1 Run the default case and watch whether prey and predator cycle together or with a lag.

Step 2 Raise carrying capacity and compare how high the prey peak gets before predators respond.

Step 3 Ask whether the new pattern is more stable, more delayed, or more collapse-prone.

Main Display

Predator-prey change across steps

The green line is prey. The purple line is predators. Compare lag, oscillation, and collapse after changing one ecological factor at a time.

Prey Predator

What to notice Predators often peak after prey, not at the same moment. That lag is part of the feedback story.

Compare mechanisms Change one ecological factor at a time so you can distinguish carrying-capacity effects from predation effects.

Notebook links Adaptation Common Descent

Step snapshots

Interpretation prompt

Run the baseline case first, then compare one changed parameter.

Settings

Ecological parameters

These values control prey growth, predator death, predation pressure, conversion, carrying capacity, and extinction threshold.