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Have long-term temperatures changed throughout Ohio? How will these temperature changes impact plant and animal phenology, ecological interactions, and, as a result, species diversity?

This teaching material allows students to:

• produce and analyze graphs of temperature change using large, long-term data sets (synthesis, Analysis)
• Develop methods for calculating species-specific shifts in flowering time with temperature change (Synthesis)
• Describe the ecological consequences of shifting plant and animal phenology (Comprehension)
• Evaluate data "cherry-picking" as a climate change skeptical tactic (Evaluation)

There is open-ended inquiry, guided inquiry, cooperative learning, critical thinking. 

TIEE Citation: 

Kellen M. Calinger. April 2014, posting date. Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology, Vol. 10: Practice #1 [online]. http://tiee.esa.org/vol/v10/issues/datasets/calinger/abstract.html

• Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America

Researchers should cite this work as follows:

• Calinger, K. (2018). Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America. Ecological Society of America, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/Q4667X

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1. Audience Level
2. climate change
3. Instructional Setting
4. Lab
5. Lecture
6. phenology
7. problem set
8. Resources @ ESA - TIEE
9. species diversity
10. Teaching material
11. Undergraduate