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    The Hidden Kingdom: Island Biogeography with Fungi
    In this activity, students will explore a dataset of fungi dispersal capabilities and colonizing success to test the predictions of island biogeography theory.
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    Island Biogeography
    This Excel workbook demonstrates the principles of the MacArthur-Wilson theory of Island Biogeography. It allows the user to define the mainland species pool, area of the island, and distance of...
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    Islands as a Tool for Teaching Ecology and Evolution
    Module for Ecology & Evolution course covering island biogeography principles, The scientific process and hypothesis testing, statistical methods (t-tests, regression), and online database use...
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    Island Frogs
    This is an exercise in island biogeography that allows students to reconstruct splits in the evolutionary history of several hypothetical frog species.

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    AIM-UP! Reading scientific literature module
    Designed to span 4 one-hour lectures, this module focuses upon developing the skill of thorough and critical reading of scientific literature.
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    Biogeography of plant-associated fungi: who lives where and why?
    This dataset of fungal communities associated with the leaves an endemic Hawaiian tree provides students opportunities to explore relationships between environmental variables and microbial...
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    How many critters can an island hold? Using digitized natural history collections to test real hypotheses about island biogeography
    Use digitized natural history specimen data from the Alexander Archipelago in Alaska to explore hypotheses about island biogeography. Reprinted from Proceedings of the Association for Biology...
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    Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity - Intro Environmental Science
    This activity was adapted for use in an intro non-majors Environmental Science course, with an emphasis on collaborative data collection.
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    The tale of two fish: A case study on vicariance and allopatric speciation
    This mini-case study guides students through multiple lines of evidence that suggests the most likely sister species to the lake species Sardinella tawilis, the sister species being the marine fish...
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    Processes that Regulate Patterns of Species and Genetic Diversity
    This activity was developed for an undergraduate upper level ecology course for Environmental or Biological Science majors. Classes of ~20 students work best for the activity.
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    Data Nugget- City Parks and Texas A&M University-Kingsville Camera Trap Assignment
    The Data Nugget- City Parks module was used in a sophomore-junior level undergraduate wildlife management techniques course (with lab) in Fall 2017. Modifications were made to the original Data...
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