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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century (Abstract) | TIEE
    Module for practice included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEassessmentclimate changeglobal changeabiotic environment

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    Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data
    Practice module included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEcase studypopulation ecologyendangered speciesconservation biologymigration ecology

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    Seed Dispersal, Mutualisms, and Communities
    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to understanding the evolution of mutualisms, and how mutualistic...

    Keywords: mutualismsecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecommunityplantsdiversityScientific Processlarge lecture

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    Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data
    Practice module included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEcase studypopulation ecologyendangered speciesconservation biologymigration ecology

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    Faculty professional development in quantitative biology promotes scholarly teaching
    Poster presented at NABT 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri

    Keywords: professional developmentNABTResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Reference

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    QUBES: a collaboration and professional development platform for quantitative biology education
    Presentation given at BEER 2017 in Normal, IL

    Keywords: QUBESBEERResources @ QUBES - Teaching & Referencebeer17

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    Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests
    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area. This was applied through the lens of...

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecommunityplantsdiversityScientific Process

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    Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data
    Exploring long-term population data through graphical and statistical means Practice module included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 7

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEcase studypopulation ecologyendangered speciesconservation biologymigration ecology

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    Population dynamics in simple two-species experimental microcosms
    A two-week exercise which includes homework calculations and teaching resources. Students establish brine shrimp and Platymonas algal cultures and predict final densities.

    Keywords: population dynamicsecologyspecies interactionsbotanyecosystemsfood chainpopulation regulation

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    Helping teachers and students learn with research data: The role of a scientific gateway for education
    Presentation at the Cary Institute, April 5, 2018

    Keywords: QUBESteaching with data.data literacyPresentation

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    Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America
    The module was used in lab following lecture material on pairwise interactions in ecology (emphasizing consumption, competition, mutualism), and parallel to community ecology (emphasizing food web...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changephenologyspecies diversityproblem set

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    Global Temperature Change in the 21st Century
    This module was used as an introduction to the science of climate change, with the goal of detecting trends in temperature change providing motivation for later course material on climate...

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEclimate changeglobal changeabiotic environment

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    Phylogenetic analysis using collections material: interpreting trait evolution by comparison of morphological and molecular genetic hypotheses
    Exercise spans two weeks, includes homework, and involves some groups of animals as well as plants. Emphasizes re-interpretation of morphological trait evolution following molecular genetic...

    Keywords: Evolutionmorphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsbiological collectionsmolecular analysis

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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: morphologyphylogenylaboratoryplantsmolecular analysis

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    Seed Dispersal in Tropical Forests
    In this activity, students use data from published studies to understand patterns of seed dispersal and apply these ideas to the design of a conservation area.

    Keywords: ecologyResources @ HHMI - BioInteractivecommunityplantsdiversityScientific Process

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    Development of the NIBLSE Learning Resource Collection and Incubators
    Talk on the NIBLSE Resource Collection and Incubators given at several professional development confernces

    Keywords: bioinformaticsNIBLSEincubators

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    Demography from physical cemeteries, "virtual cemeteries," and census data
    Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8

    Keywords: Resources @ ESA - TIEEdemographysurvivorshiplife tables

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    Claymander Field Experiment
    This activity addresses how predation may affect the frequency of two color morphs in a population. Students collect and analyze data from clay salamander models ('claymanders') to determine...

    Keywords: Field researchpredation ecologysalamanderAudience level - Introductory UG - majorsAudience level - Advanced UG

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    Gene Expression in Stem Cells
    The module served as in introduction to the Gene Expression unit. It was implemented in two phases, a pre-class activity and an in-class activity to introduce chapter concepts and reinforce...

    Keywords: small group activitypre-class activityGeneral Biology

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    An Introduction to Red Backed Salamander Ecology
    A summary of literature on red backed salamander ecology and life history compiled by Biology students at Susquehanna University

    Keywords: natural historypopulation ecologysalamander

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