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🌿 Trophic Cascade (2D)

2D Canvas simulation of a 3-level trophic cascade: plants, herbivores and carnivores coupled by Lotka-Volterra equations. Remove the apex predator and watch the population curves cascade in real time.

Ecology & Conservation Biology2DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 3D version

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D Canvas graph of a three-level Lotka-Volterra ecosystem: plants, herbivores and carnivores. Remove the apex predator to trigger a real trophic cascade as herbivores boom and vegetation collapses, or tune growth and predation rates and watch the population curves respond live.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install