OCELOTS: Resources

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: Is planting clusters of trees a cost-effective and ecologically-sound strategy to restore tropical forest?

This module (available in four languages) provides a broad introduction to both ecological and social aspects of tropical forest restoration. It focuses on a long-term study comparing three...

Keywords: Restoration Ecologyforest restorationtropical forest

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Restoring tropical forests: Implementing an online module about restoration and succession in an advanced undergraduate ecology course

“Restoring tropical forests” was implemented, using restoration as an example of variation in successional pathways, in an undergraduate course at Arizona State University. New versions of the...

Keywords: resourcesimplementationRestorationtropical forestssuccession

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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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Healing the scars: Implementing an online module about tropical rainforest carbon cycling in an undergraduate majors ecology course

This resource provides a guide to classroom implementation of a Gala module focused on tropical carbon cycling. I adapted the module to include a discussion of the importance of carbon cycling in...

Keywords: carbon cyclestreamstropical

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Spreading seeds: How can a better understanding of seed dispersal improve tropical forest restoration?

Learn about seed dispersal by animals and how this ecological process can be harnessed to facilitate forest recovery through a forest restoration experiment in Costa Rica. Apply what you learn to a...

Keywords: conservationRestorationtropical forestsbiodiversity lossSeed dispersal

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Implementing an online module about interpreting sound in a coral reef for an undergraduate marine biology course in Indonesia

Students engage in interpreting sound, exploring the diversity of sounds in a coral reef in Indonesia, and relating coral reefs to climate change. This implementation incorporated principles of...

Keywords: fishcoral reefssoundscapestropical ocean

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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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Implementing an online module about tropical seed dispersal and restoration in an undergraduate ecology course in the Pacific Northwest, USA

This “Spreading Seeds” case study introduces students to ecology of seed dispersal mutualisms, and their importance for forest restoration. The implementation plan teaching notes, and associated...

Keywords: mutualismRestoration Ecologyspecies interactionHabitat fragmentationSeed dispersalforest recovery

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Between a rock and a hard place. What can turning rocks tell us about land-use change impacts on animals living in a rock outcrop?

Unique rock outcrops in the Western Ghats biodiversity hotspot in India provide a setting that challenges students to develop a study to assess the impact of land-use change on threatened animals...

Keywords: conservationagricultureland useamphibianstropicalbiodiversity losslateritic outcropopen natural ecosystemsreptilesrocks

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Cold blood and wet skin in hot and dry secondary forests. How do amphibian traits determine persistence in secondary forests?

Students will synthesize information from biological and physiological traits of amphibians and characteristics of secondary forests in the tropics to form hypotheses about persistence of...

Keywords: life historyconservation biologyphysiological ecologyamphibianland use changeEctothermsecondary foresttrait-based ecology

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Vegetation Greening: A Snapshot from the Andean Tropics

Restoring tropical forests: Is planting clusters of trees a cost-effective and ecologically-sound strategy to restore tropical forest?

Restoring tropical forests: Implementing an online module about restoration and succession in an advanced undergraduate ecology course

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

Healing the scars: Implementing an online module about tropical rainforest carbon cycling in an undergraduate majors ecology course

Spreading seeds: How can a better understanding of seed dispersal improve tropical forest restoration?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Snapshot Serengeti Online Lab

Implementing an online module about interpreting sound in a coral reef for an undergraduate marine biology course in Indonesia

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

Implementing an online module about tropical seed dispersal and restoration in an undergraduate ecology course in the Pacific Northwest, USA

Between a rock and a hard place. What can turning rocks tell us about land-use change impacts on animals living in a rock outcrop?

Cold blood and wet skin in hot and dry secondary forests. How do amphibian traits determine persistence in secondary forests?

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