title: Designing an illustrated food web to teach ecological concepts: challenges and solutions.
abstract: The core idea in ecology is that all living things are interconnected. Food webs are an efficient way to communicate this message, and though they can be depicted non-pictorially, illustrated food webs are far more appealing to the general audience. Because of their inherent complexity, however, they present a considerable organizational and design challenge for the illustrator. Based on seven years of teaching illustrated food webs to students in Biomedical Communications at the University of Toronto, this paper outlines those challenges and presents solutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Godkin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001154:Art; D004463:Ecology; D017753:Ecosystem; D004777:Environment; D020387:Food Chain; D006801:Humans; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*