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    Biodiversity Counts! Making sense of diversity metrics and graphs
    In this lesson students 1) become familiar with various graphs that are used to study diversity patterns within and across sites, 2) learn about some of the questions that can be addressed by...

    Keywords: graph interpretationfmnmetabarcodingbiodiversity literacyBioGraphIrepresentation in STEMalpha diversitybeta diversity

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    Calculating and Comparing Biodiversity Materials Across Sites Using NEON Herbaceous Vegetation Data - a Tutorial
    These materials are intended for use at the undergraduate level. They employ R and Excel software.
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    2003-Yildirim-Mackey-Feedback Regulation in the Lactose Operon
    A mathematical model for the regulation of induction in the lac operon in Escherichia coli is presented.

    Keywords: mRNAlactoselactose operonfeedback regulation

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    Hemoglobin bioinformatics
    This is an introduction to bioinformatics using hemoglobin as an example. The worksheets introduce students to resources to explore the DNA, RNA and polypeptide linear structure with a brief...

    Keywords: bioinformaticsHemoglobinBLASTsickle cell diseaseMolecular Case StudyClustal OmegaMolCaseNet

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    Diversity Indices: Shannon's H and E
    This module introduces Shannon's diversity index in the context of understanding how to mathematically measure the species diversity in a community. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: ecologydiversityFunctionsOpenStaxdiversity index

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    2000-Idels-Wang-Harvesting Fisheries Management Strategies With Modified Effort Function
    This study concludes that a control parameter beta (the magnitude of the effect of the fish population size on the fishing effort function E), changes not only the rate at which the population goes...

    Keywords: sustainabilityfishFishingmanagementharvestfisherstrategyoverfishing

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    Blueprint for Accelerating Change in Social Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM Curricula
    Collaborative community working on projects associated with social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion in STEM undergraduate programs.

    Keywords: Equitysocial justicediversityinclusionSTEM Education reform

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    Diversity Indices: Simpson's D and E
    This module introduces Simpson's diversity index in the context of understanding how to mathematically measure the species diversity in a community. It is intended for an introductory biology...

    Keywords: ecologydiversityFunctionsOpenStaxdiversity index

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    Using QIIME to Interpret Environmental Microbial Communities in an Upper Level Metagenomics Course
    Metagenomics is rapidly evolving due to advances in sequencing technologies and bioinformatics, but without proper training to interpret these datasets, student understanding remains limited. Aimed...

    Keywords: microbiome

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    Impact of Introduction of American Bullfrogs on Species Diversity
    This module explores the introduction of the American bullfrog on their ecosystem. Using species diversity calculations and data collection techniques, students explore how the bullfrog affected...

    Keywords: ecologyconservationspecies richnessBiodiversityspecies diversitydiversity indicessamplingspecies evenness

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    DEHPD 17 Steps in the Hiring Process
    A 17 step document created by people from marginalized populations for equity and diversity in hiring.
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    Students of Color Identify Ways Enivronmental Faculty Can Advance Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Undergraduate Programs
    This grounded theory study documents the experiences of students of color in undergraduate environmental degree programs. Its results can inform faculty, staff, and administrators about how to...
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    2019 EDSIN Conference Proceedings
    Bringing Conversations on Diversity and Inclusion in Data Science to the Ecological and Environmental Sciences, was a 3-day conference hosted at the UCAR's Center Green in Boulder, Colorado, April...

    Keywords: data scienceEquityenvironmental sciencediversityinclusionconference proceedingsEnvironmental Data Science Inclusion Network

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    The ADW: a database of animal natural history that supports complex, authentic student inquiry.
    Poster on the Animal Diversity Web and Quaardvark presented at the 2020 BIOME Institute: Cultivating Scientific Curiosity

    Keywords: animal diversityundergraduate researchnatural historyAnimal Diversity Web

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    Ground Spider Survey QUBES Resource Draft (1)
    This QUBES Module aims to introduce students to standardized ecological field methods, measures of diversity, ArcGIS Online, and Excel. This is achieved through nocturnal survey of ground spiders.

    Keywords: Community EcologyspidersMicrosoft ExcelShannon diversity index

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    REMNet Tutorial, R Part 3: Creating Alpha Diversity Plots in R 5.2.19
    Video on creating alpha diversity plots in R from the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network

    Keywords: VideoMicrobiology EducationR programming languagemicrobiomesCoastal wetlandsmanagementnortheastsea-level risesalt marshresearch in the classroomREMNeturban microbiomes

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    Analysis of Microbiomes Using Free Web-Based Tools in Online and In-Person Undergraduate Science Courses
    Our understanding of microbiomes, or the collection of microorganisms and their genes in a given environment, has been revolutionized by technological and computational advances. However, many...

    Keywords: microbiomeDNA SubwayCyVerseCourse based undergraduate researchQIIME2ranacapa

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    2012-Augustus-Wali-Mathematical Modeling of Uganda Population Growth
    The purpose of this paper focuses on the application of logistic equation to model the population growth of Uganda using data from 1980 to 2010 (inclusive).

    Keywords: population growthlogistic growthDrug and Alcohol detoxificationcarrying capacityvital coefficients

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    Morphological and Molecular Analysis of Plant Phylogeny and Diversity
    In this lab, students perform phylogenetic analyses on morphological and molecular data, and compare.

    Keywords: morphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsdiversitymolecular analysis

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    The Impact of Diversity on Group Productivity Within Online Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) of Educators
    Poster presented at the University of Pittsburgh undergraduate research symposium on the impact of diversity on productivity in faculty mentoring networks.

    Keywords: faculty mentoring networksundergraduate researchdiversity

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