Mysterious Occurrences: Representation, Resiliency, and Redundancy in Native Plant Populations
Author(s): Rhea Ewing1, Rachel Hackett2, Anna Monfils3
1. RheaEwing.com 2. Michigan Natural Features Inventory 3. Central Michigan University
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Summary:
Meet Rachel Hackett, a conservation plant biologist at the Michigan Natural Features Inventory. We learn about Rachel's job and the restoration of threatened and endangered species. Rachel provides some examples of "new" populations and students…
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Description
Meet Rachel Hackett and learn about her job as a botanist and conservation biologist. Rachel introduces the concepts of Representation, Resiliency, and Redundancy in native plant populations.
Students completing this module will be able to:
- Explain the role of data in monitoring endangered species and their habitat
- Understand the basics of Redundancy, Resiliency, and Representation in conservation
- Understand the value of natural history collections and herbariums in scientific research
- Explain the value of online data repositories
- Identify 3 ways humans impact data about plant and animal species
- Consider how to connect with organizations and other scientists to better understand anomalies in data
- Explain the different values in remnant vs reintroduced populations of endangered species
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Researchers should cite this work as follows:
- Ewing, R., Hackett, R., Monfils, A. (2024). Mysterious Occurrences: Representation, Resiliency, and Redundancy in Native Plant Populations. Biodiversity Literacy in Undergraduate Education, QUBES Educational Resources. doi:10.25334/PV6N-3743