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    Using Map of Life to Investigate Species Ranges Shifts with Climate Change
    Biodiversity databases, based on species occurrences, are now readily available for students to use a free of charge. These databases allow exploration of how species ranges shift through time. One...

    Keywords: climate changehabitat suitabilityspecies distributionMap of Lifethermal tolerance

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    Out of Your Seat and on Your Feet! An adaptable course-based research project in plant ecology for advanced students
    University capstone projects can offer science students a rich research experience that illustrates the process of doing scientific research, and can also help students better choose future...

    Keywords: statisticsactive learningecologyinterdisciplinaryplantscommunicating sciencegroup workfield workproces of science

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    Phylogeography Simulator
    This Excel workbook simulates the phylogeography of an asexually reproducing species.

    Keywords: Phylogeographymutation ratesAsexual reproductionspecies dispersal

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    Painting turtles: an introduction to species distribution modeling in R
    This module uses R software to introduce students to the process of accessing databases and building species distribution models based on occurrence records.

    Keywords: RResources @ ESA - TIEEfmnDIGspecies distributionshabitat suitabilitycooperative learningjigsaw

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    Exploring the iNaturalist Database and Understanding Species Information
    This activity introduces a comprehensive guide aimed at enhancing users' proficiency in navigating the iNaturalist database to gain insights into biodiversity and species information. Divided into...

    Keywords: Biodiversityspecies descriptions#iNaturalistBLUEresearch skills

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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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    What is a species? Using DNA barcodes to identify species and determine insect responses to global warming
    Combining ecology, molecular tools and physiology, students investigate insect adaptation to temperatures along tropical mountains. Students integrate species concepts, DNA barcoding and thermal...

    Keywords: global warmingbeetleBiological species conceptCephaloleiacrticial thermal maximumcryptic specieselevational gradientsthermal limitstropical insectsZingiberales

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    Quantifying and Visualizing Campus Tree Phenology
    Large enrollment courses present a challenge for instructors who want to engage students in authentic science practices that fit the recommendations of Vision & Change. Our lesson provides a...

    Keywords: ecologyBiodiversityphenologyplant biology

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    Studying phylogeny by producing phylogenetic trees of primates using morphological and molecular characteristics.
    An assignment constructing phylogenetic trees using shared, derived morphological traits and molecular differences among 18 primate species and two outlier species has been developed. Skull and...
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    A Remote Introductory Biology Lab Using Backyard Birdwatching to Teach Data Analysis and Communication
    Asking questions, designing experiments, collecting data and interpreting those data, and communicating the results are some of the most important concepts an undergraduate biology lab can teach...

    Keywords: ecologydata analysisdata collection

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    6-040-StruggleForExistence-ModelingScenario
    We use historical data from the 1930's in the Soviet Union and model competition between two species of yeast after modeling each species separately and estimate parameters

    Keywords: competitionlogisticcarrying capacityparamecium

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    Building Biodiversity Datasets for Invasive Species
    A module guiding students through the process of mapping biodiversity data and building a biodiversity dataset to study the spread and impacts of the invasive aquatic plant species, European...

    Keywords: Management Of Datanatural historyField researchconservation ecologyAquatic invasive speciesbiodiversity informatics

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    Does Urbanization Favor Exotic Species?
    In this lesson, students will learn about the exotic European honeybee (Apis mellifera), and why they are considered an important pollinator. They will be prompted to think about the impacts of...

    Keywords: RStudiogeneral linear modelsAICurbanizationPoisson Distributionnative speciesHoneybeeexotic species

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    2016-Devaki-Swathi-System of Differential Equations in Prey Predator Model
    Predation relationship exists in ecological niches throughout the world. This is the species interaction which will be mathematically analyzed and embodied in this work.

    Keywords: extinctionCoevolutionpredatorLotka Volterra equationspre

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    Digital Herbarium Lab with RStudio: Are shifting abundances of native species detectable over time?
    This 2- to 3-hour lab activity introduces sophomore-level students to digitized herbarium collections, R-coding, and potential reasons for shifting abundances in native and non-native plant species...

    Keywords: data analysistool:rstudionatural historyplant biologyinvasive plantsherbariumnative plantsdigitized natural history collectionsR code

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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.

    Keywords: Resources @ SimBio

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    The Avocado Lab: An Inquiry-Driven Exploration of an Enzymatic Browning Reaction
    Typical biochemistry labs exploring basic enzyme activity rely on costly, time-consuming protein purification and rarely explore enzyme function in situ. Further, complex purification procedures...

    Keywords: enzymescontrolsenzyme inhibition

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    Mutualism and Coevolution of Agave and Bats
    In this module, students will investigate the mutualistic relationship between Agave its bat pollinators and the effects of coevolution on the morphological adaptations of the species involved.
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    Wing Aspect Ratio and Morphological Measurement Analysis Relating to Bird Flight and Natural History
    This activity simulates analysis and identification of bird specimens based on the relationship of the natural history of bird species with the morphographic measurements and ratios compared to...
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    Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental-Scale Gradients, Regional Landscape, or Local Land Cover?
    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ ESA - TIEEspecies richness

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