Pesticide-Driven Bee Mortality: An Introduction to Survival Analysis in R
Author(s): Megan Black
Virginia Commonwealth University
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- Journal of Applied Ecology - 2021 - Straw - Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble.pdf(PDF | 844 KB)
- Lesson Data.zip(ZIP | 28 KB)
- Lesson_Student.Rmd(RMD | 3 KB)
- Lesson_Teacher.Rmd(RMD | 4 KB)
- Pitch - Google Slides.mp4(MP4 | 17 MB)
- Qubes Lesson Plan_ Student Version.docx(DOCX | 2 MB)
- Qubes Lesson Plan_ Teacher Version.docx(DOCX | 2 MB)
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Description
Using the focal paper, "Roundup causes high levels of mortality following contact exposure in bumble bees", students will learn about the ecological effects of pesticides and the concept of surfactant co-formulants. This lesson also provides a background on survival analysis before walking students through a provided code example step by step. Students will be expected to recreate this code, in which they assess and model survivability, for two additional experiments on their own. After completing their analyses, students will be able to assess whether the active ingredient in Roundup is to blame for pollinator mortality.
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- Megan Black (2023). Pesticide-Driven Bee Mortality: An Introduction to Survival Analysis in R. VCU Environmental Research Methods, (Version 2.0). QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/GSJN-4N68