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    Using a long-term data set from Ohio to analyze climate change and it’s impacts on phenology and ecological interactions
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America,"...

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryfmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity Length1 Hour

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    The insect predation game: evolving prey defenses and predator responses
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "The Insect Predation Game: Evolving Prey Defenses and Predator Responses," authored by W. Wyatt Hoback and Tamara L. Smith in...

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryLabEcological Society of AmericafmnUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    Phenology and Climate Change
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America,"...

    Keywords: ecologyIntroductoryEcological Society of AmericafmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelActivity LengthLess than 1 hour

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    RESCUE-Net - Developing a Faculty Network in a Biodiversity Hotspot: the Research Experiences in Southern California For Undergraduate Ecologists Network (RCN-UBE Introduction)
    RESCUE-Net is a network of faculty in Southern California dedicated to mentoring undergraduates in conservation research so that they can become the next generation of ecological leaders.

    Keywords: RCN-UBE Introduction

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    Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Conservation
    Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is based on deep understanding of systems from observations made over hundreds to thousands of years. This resource connects TEK to modern conservation...

    Keywords: climate changeenvironmental justiceTraditional ecological knowledge

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    National Ecological Observatory Network: A Data Source For Your Classroom
    Poster on NEON resources for use in research and education presented at the 2019 BioQUEST & QUBES Summer Workshop.

    Keywords: faculty mentoring networksNEONNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    Data-Driven Decision-Making: Antarctic Fisheries
    This is an entire module for a general education data science and ecology course. The module was originally designed as the fourth and final section of the course; the full course is openly...

    Keywords: population growthRStudiodata visualizationexponential growthlogistic growthR Markdownspatial dataocean sustainability4DEE FrameworkTraditional ecological knowledgecarrying capacityEcosystem Servicesmaximum sustainable yield

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    Species Conservation Management Plan Report and Class Exercise
    In this project, students work in pairs to become an expert in their assigned IUCN Red List endangered species. They are charged to create a well-researched, written conservation management plan....

    Keywords: ecologyconservation4DEE Frameworkmanagement planspeed dating exercise

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    Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Ecology: Introducing the Environmental Data Science Inclusion Network (EDSIN)
    The Environmental Data Science Inclusion Network (EDSIN) was launched in the spring of 2019 following an NSF INCLUDES conference. This poster, summarizing the event, was presented at the 2019...

    Keywords: data scienceEquitydiversityinclusionNational Ecological Observatory NetworkEDSIN#edsin2019

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    Managing Prairie Dogs for Ferret Reintroduction
    This case study explores the ecological relationship between black-tailed prairie dogs and black-footed ferrets.

    Keywords: case studysocio-environmental data

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    Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America
    Practice module included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 10

    Keywords: data analysisResources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changephenologyspecies diversityproblem setWorksheet

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    Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America
    This is an FMN participant modification of the TIEE module "Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America,"...

    Keywords: ecologyLabEcological Society of AmericafmnLectureUndergraduateData DiscoveryInstructional SettingAudience LevelAdvancedActivity LengthMore than 1 hour

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    NEON Data in the Classroom: Quantifying Spatial Patterns
    Students build on fundamental concepts of spatial patterns and combine this knowledge with the open-data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to quantify spatial autocorrelation and...

    Keywords: RR Markdownlandscape ecologygroup-neon2018spatial statisticsfractalsrasters

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    SNAPSHOT SERENGETI: Analyzing Wildlife Ecological Relationships in an upper-level Ecology course
    Two assignments were created to develop skills in ecological hypothesis testing, data analysis and interpretation using the Snapshot Serengeti and Gorongosa camera trap data and graphical...

    Keywords: hypothesis testinggraphical analysis and interpretationsavannah biomeecological relationshipscompare and contrast to primary literature

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    Data Management using National Ecological Observatory Network's (NEON) Small Mammal Data with Accompanying Lesson on Mark Recapture Analysis
    Students use small mammal data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by estimating small mammal...

    Keywords: data managementspreadsheetssmall mammals community dynamicsNEONCapture mark-recaptureResource TypeNational Ecological Observatory Network

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    2017-Rosario-Antony-Mathematical Model for Future Population Scenario In India And China – An Econometric Approach
    A mathematical model including dynamical systems, statistical models and differential equations involves variety abstract structures. Population growth is one of the main issues in India and China...

    Keywords: logisticIndiavital coefficientsAsiaCarrying Vapacitiyannual growth rate

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    1-136-MarriageAge-ModelingScenario
    Students will build and analyze a model of the fraction of people who are married (for the first time) by a certain age. Students are asked to set up and solve these differential equations. They...

    Keywords: messagesmarriageusing social sciences in forecastingdirected

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    Salmon, Society, and Success: A case study on the intersections of colonialism, ecological degradation, and the power of social action.
    Using a case study approach, this lesson examines colonialism as an ongoing force affecting nature, culture, and society by focusing on decades of tribally led efforts resulting in recent federal...

    Keywords: ecologyglobal changehuman-environmental interactionsenvironmental justice4DEE Frameworkenvironmental racismsocial and environmental justice

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    2017-Helen-Byrne-Further Mathematics Biology
    These studies will be in the context of ecological, biological and biochemical applications.

    Keywords: epidemicschemotaxisenzyme-substrateion channelsnerve pulsesgene proagationtumour

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    A Changing Climate in the Hawaiian Wet Forest: In-Person and Virtual Curriculum for Field Courses at Puʻu Makaʻala NAR
    Curriculum for Puʻu Makaʻala Huakaʻi with the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON), developed by Teaching Change. This module was created to guide Teaching Change Field Courses at Puʻu...

    Keywords: climate changecommunityenvironmental sciencephenologyhuman-environmental interactionsNEONhawai'icareer connected

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