OCELOTS: Resources

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 measuring carbon stocks in an undergraduate Earth Science course

In this implementation of a case study in which high technology was used to measure carbon stocks in a tropical forest, earth science students in this 4-year college in Oklahoma applied concepts...

Keywords: climate changephotosynthesisbiomasscarbon cyclegreenhouse gas effect

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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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Sounds of the Tropics: Part 2. How are frogs responding to hurricanes, droughts, and climate change?

This online module explores the response of a tropical frog community to hurricanes, drought, and climate change. We use acoustic monitoring and occupancy modeling to understand how frog...

Keywords: climate changefrogsspecies distributionsdroughtnatural disturbanceshurricanesPuerto Ricooccupancy modeling

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Implementing an online module about impacts of pollution from gold mining in an undergraduate ecology course in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Students learn about biomagnification of toxins, build skills in graphical interpretation, and apply field methods to tackle complex issues about small-scale gold mining in the Peruvian Amazon....

Keywords: food websmercury biogeochemistryBioaccumulationbiomagnificationPeruvian Amazon

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Snapshot Serengeti Online Lab

Snapshot Serengeti is a fully online inquiry-based lab that uses real camera-trap data from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to explore themes of tropical ecology and animal behavior.

Keywords: ecologyspecies interactionscitizen scienceCommunity Ecologyanimal behaviormigration ecologyScience Communicationspecies distributionspredator-prey interactionsTropical ecologycamera trapsSerengetisavannah biome

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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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SNAPSHOT SERENGETI: Analyzing Wildlife Ecological Relationships in an upper-level Ecology course

Two assignments were created to develop skills in ecological hypothesis testing, data analysis and interpretation using the Snapshot Serengeti and Gorongosa camera trap data and graphical...

Keywords: hypothesis testinggraphical analysis and interpretationsavannah biomeecological relationshipscompare and contrast to primary literature

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

Implementing an online module about measuring carbon stocks in an undergraduate Earth Science course

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

Sounds of the Tropics: Part 2. How are frogs responding to hurricanes, droughts, and climate change?

Implementing an online module about impacts of pollution from gold mining in an undergraduate ecology course in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Snapshot Serengeti Online Lab

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

SNAPSHOT SERENGETI: Analyzing Wildlife Ecological Relationships in an upper-level Ecology course

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