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Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing a module in an undergraduate majors’ course in forest ecology in Costa Rica

This publication describes implementation of a module on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica for an upper-level undergraduate course in forest ecology at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa...

Keywords: forest ecologyRestorationfield course

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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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Biting into "Science Cookies": Are seed fates determined by seed size or chemistry?

By understanding how animals make seed dispersal decisions, we can predict how plant traits affect seed survival and plant recruitment. Using wild agoutis, we experimentally tested how seed...

Keywords: predationplant animal interactionsSymbiosisTrophic interactionsTropical ecosystemsArtificial seedsSeed dispersalTerrestrial mammal

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Colorful wings send messages: Why are butterfly wings colorful?

Red postman butterflies live in tropical rainforests and have a mix of red, yellow, and black on their wings. These bright colors may warn predators or attract mates. Explore whether color alone or...

Keywords: Quantitative reasoningadaptationpredationfield workEvolution by natural selection and mutation

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Causes and consequences of resisting herbivory: How long-lived plants avoid damage from diverse short-lived insect herbivores

This module guides students through decades-long studies of tropical plant-insect interactions to elucidate the ecology and evolution of plant defenses while encouraging students to consider the...

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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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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: 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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Implementing an online module about plant functional traits in the context of restoration ecology for an undergraduate class in Brazil.

This resource describes my experience in implementing this OCELOTS module in a Functional Trait-based Restoration class for undergraduate majors in the Forest Sciences Department / Escola Superior...

Keywords: tropical forestsbiodiversity structureAtlantic forestfunctional traitshybrid ecosystems

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Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing a module in an undergraduate majors’ course in forest ecology in Costa Rica

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

Biting into "Science Cookies": Are seed fates determined by seed size or chemistry?

Colorful wings send messages: Why are butterfly wings colorful?

Causes and consequences of resisting herbivory: How long-lived plants avoid damage from diverse short-lived insect herbivores

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

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

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

Implementing an online module about plant functional traits in the context of restoration ecology for an undergraduate class in Brazil.

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