The project described in this article explores how a series of conceptual ecological models can be used to portray the improvement in ecological understanding over the span of a short course. The ...

A conceptual model is defined by Tappenden as 'the abstraction and representation of complex phenomena of interest in some readily expressible form, such that the individual stakeholders' ...

The two major flow mechanisms in the vadose zone are uniform flow and preferential flow. Both types of flow occur often simultaneously, but have considerably different consequences for water flow and ...