Save the Bees, Ditch the Plow: A lesson exploring how squash bee abundance is affected by varying levels of soil disturbance.
Author(s): Grace Lumsden-Cook
Virginia Commonwealth University
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Summary:
The purpose of this lesson is to explore the effects that three varying degrees of soil disturbance has on the squash bee abundance that is observed. We will learn about the importance of plant-pollinator interactions, and the methods used to…
Contents:
Appenfeller 2020 Citizen science improves our understanding of the impact of soil management on wild pollinator abundance in agroecosystems.pdf(PDF | 1 MB)
Qubes_pitch_GL-C.pptx(PPTX | 36 MB)
R_SB_Lesson.Rmd(RMD | 9 KB)
SB_Student_Lesson .pdf(PDF | 1 MB)
SB_Teacher_Lesson.pdf(PDF | 1 MB)
squash_bee_resp.csv(CSV | 9 KB)
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Description
This lesson contains:
1. A five minute video pitch (slideshow) introducing the lesson
2. A student lesson document
3. An instructor version of the lesson document
4. A dataset
5. R Markdown document for analysis
6. The focal paper that the lesson is based off of
Cite this work
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Lumsden-Cook, G. (2022). Save the Bees, Ditch the Plow: A lesson exploring how squash bee abundance is affected by varying levels of soil disturbance.. VCU Environmental Research Methods, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/JJPE-MS08