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Functional trait-based restoration. Can hybrid restoration enhance invasion resistance and ecosystem services?

A hybrid restoration experiment in Hilo, Hawaiʻi, in an area of high biocultural conservation value, that address the ecological and philosophical issues involved in conducting restoration with a...

Keywords: Invasive SpeciesagroforestryHawaii CountyRestoration Ecologyplant functional traitstropical forest

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Wildlife Crossings in Costa Rica: Are wildlife crossing structures effective in mitigating roadkill mortality on tropical highways?

Meet Jack Ewing, an ecotourism pioneer in Costa Rica who fought to safeguard wildlife from roadkill mortality caused by enlargement of a major highway. This module presents the topic of road...

Keywords: Biodiversityconservation biologyland use changeRoad Ecologyecosystem managementfragmentation

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Healing the scars: Tropical rainforest carbon cycling. Does it matter which tree species you plant?

This online module explores how differences in traits of tropical tree species translate into differential effects on the carbon cycle, integrating ecological information across scales and the...

Keywords: climate changecarbon cyclingtropical biology4DEE Frameworkforest restorationtropical tree speciessoil carbon

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Plant-microbial mutualisms in canopy gap recovery: How do soil microbial symbionts help tropical forests recover from treefall gaps?

This module uses tropical plant-soil microbial interactions in canopy gaps as a lens to better understand species interactions and disturbance ecology, while showing how scientists study these...

Keywords: forest ecologyPlant Ecologynutrient cyclingmicrobestropical forestsDisturbances

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Fish, forests, and phosphorus: How do tropical fish, rainforest canopies, and volcanic groundwater inputs affect stream phosphorus cycling?

Rainforest stream nutrient concentrations vary with groundwater source, and different stream fish species feed on aquatic and/or terrestrial prey. Explore how phosphorus cycling changes with stream...

Keywords: nutrient cyclesBiogeochemistrykeystone speciesfood webFunctional Diversity

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High technology to measure forest carbon stocks: How can advanced remote sensing improve biomass quantification in the Brazilian Amazon?

A case study on the estimation of aboveground biomass using advanced remote sensors (LiDAR and hyperspectral) in the Brazilian Amazon. Students explore remote sensing (RS) data and compare RS-based...

Keywords: climate changeremote sensinghyperspectraltropical forestsLiDAR data analysiscarbon stocks

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Healing the scars: A tropical rainforest carbon cycling module implemented in a Forest Ecology course

This publication describes my implementation of this module on tropical rainforest carbon cycling in an undergraduate forest ecology course for majors in the Department of Silviculture and Forest...

Keywords: carbon cyclingnutrient cyclingenergy flowecosystem productivity

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A rainforest with a gold chain? The impacts of gold mining on the trophic web of an Amazonian rainforest of SE Peru

The use of mercury in artisanal gold mining affects aquatic and terrestrial food webs in the Peruvian Amazon. Learn about bioaccumulation, explore data on mercury deposition in vegetation and how...

Keywords: conservation biologydeforestationhuman healthpollutionbiodiversity losstropical land use

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Healing the scars: A tropical rainforest carbon cycling module implemented in a Systematic Botany course focused on the Brazilian Caatinga flora

This resource describes my experience in implementing this OCELOTS module on tropical rainforest carbon cycling in a Systematic Botany course for undergraduate majors in Biology at Pernambuco...

Keywords: carbon cyclePlant systematicsCaatingaTropical trees

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Implementing an online module about acoustic biodiversity monitoring in the tropics for use in an undergraduate course

This implementation plan for an online module organizes activities for understanding physical concepts and biological considerations regarding acoustic monitoring, and provides a Spanish version of...

Keywords: Biodiversityconservation biologyTropical ecologyacoustic monitoring

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Sounds of the Tropics: Part 3. Can you hear me? How do dolphins in Bocas del Toro, Panama communicate in a noisy habitat?

This online module provides background information on dolphin communication and explores how a dolphin population responds to dolphin-watching activities in Panama.

Keywords: Dolphin-watchingecotourismdolphin acousticshuman/nature interactions

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Vegetation Greening: A Snapshot from the Andean Tropics

This online module explores how satellite images are used to study vegetation greenness and, using Ecuador as an example, demonstrates how tropical vegetation experienced increased greenness...

Keywords: remote sensingTime Series AnalysisEarth ObservationEarth and Space SciencesgeographyGIMMS NDVIgreening and browningtropical Andes

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Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing an online module in an undergraduate biology course in Indonesia

This resource describes my implementation of a module on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica for an undergraduate Ecology course at Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia....

Keywords: RestorationEcosystem Servicesforest restorationtransdisciplinary researchsocial forestryhuman well-beingcommunity-based

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Implementing an online module on microbe-plant interactions in the context of ecological disturbance for Microbiology and Biochemistry courses in India

This module explores tropical forest gap dynamics and helps students develop hypotheses about climate-related changes in plant-microbial interactions and was implemented in Microbiology and...

Keywords: data analysisscientific methoddata interpretationdisturbance ecologyexperiential learningCarbon sequestration in tropical rainforestPlant Microbial interactionsCanopy GapUndergraduate MicrobiologyNational Education Policy 2020

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Sounds of the Tropics: Part 1. How can audio recordings improve tropical biodiversity conservation?

This online module explores the terminology of sound and concepts of acoustic monitoring, the diversity of sounds produced by animals, how to study soundscapes, how humans modify soundscapes, and...

Keywords: animal behaviorAcoustic ecologysoundscapespassive acoustical monitoring

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Snapshot Serengeti: Implementing an online module about Serengeti wildlife ecology in a community-college ecology course

This resource describes the implementation plan for an undergraduate ecology course at Muscatine Community College, Iowa, of an online module featuring a database on Serengeti wildlife populations....

Keywords: ecologywildlifewildlife managementWildlife ecology

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Functional trait-based restoration. Can hybrid restoration enhance invasion resistance and ecosystem services?

Wildlife Crossings in Costa Rica: Are wildlife crossing structures effective in mitigating roadkill mortality on tropical highways?

Healing the scars: Tropical rainforest carbon cycling. Does it matter which tree species you plant?

Plant-microbial mutualisms in canopy gap recovery: How do soil microbial symbionts help tropical forests recover from treefall gaps?

Fish, forests, and phosphorus: How do tropical fish, rainforest canopies, and volcanic groundwater inputs affect stream phosphorus cycling?

High technology to measure forest carbon stocks: How can advanced remote sensing improve biomass quantification in the Brazilian Amazon?

Healing the scars: A tropical rainforest carbon cycling module implemented in a Forest Ecology course

A rainforest with a gold chain? The impacts of gold mining on the trophic web of an Amazonian rainforest of SE Peru

Healing the scars: A tropical rainforest carbon cycling module implemented in a Systematic Botany course focused on the Brazilian Caatinga flora

Implementing an online module about acoustic biodiversity monitoring in the tropics for use in an undergraduate course

Sounds of the Tropics: Part 3. Can you hear me? How do dolphins in Bocas del Toro, Panama communicate in a noisy habitat?

Vegetation Greening: A Snapshot from the Andean Tropics

Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing an online module in an undergraduate biology course in Indonesia

Implementing an online module on microbe-plant interactions in the context of ecological disturbance for Microbiology and Biochemistry courses in India

Sounds of the Tropics: Part 1. How can audio recordings improve tropical biodiversity conservation?

Snapshot Serengeti: Implementing an online module about Serengeti wildlife ecology in a community-college ecology course

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