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  1. Cold blood and wet skin in hot and dry secondary forests. How do amphibian traits determine persistence in secondary forests?

    23 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Michael Britton1, Michelle Thompson2

    1. Arizona State University 2. San Diego Natural History Museum

    Students will synthesize information from biological and physiological traits of amphibians and characteristics of secondary forests in the tropics to form hypotheses about persistence of...

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  2. Eliza Heery

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  3. John Weser

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  4. Shelby Flint

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  5. Bridgette Hagerty

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  6. Andrea Kirkwood

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  7. A rainforest with a gold chain? The impacts of gold mining on the trophic web of an Amazonian rainforest of SE Peru

    25 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Ursula Valdez1, Roxana P. Arauco2, Jacqueline Gerson3

    1. University of Washington Bothell 2. Independent 3. Michigan State University

    The use of mercury in artisanal gold mining affects aquatic and terrestrial food webs in the Peruvian Amazon. Learn about bioaccumulation, explore data on mercury deposition in vegetation and how...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4513/?v=1

  8. Population Ecology of the Northern Spotted Owl

    22 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sean P. Streich*1, John M. Basey1

    University of Colorado, Boulder

    The mathematical modeling of populations utilizing field-collected demographic data is an important component of lab curricula in a variety of undergraduate biology lab courses. During the global...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4492/?v=1

  9. Wildlife Crossings in Costa Rica: Are wildlife crossing structures effective in mitigating roadkill mortality on tropical highways?

    23 Jul 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mike Mooring1, April Maskiewicz Cordero1, Jack Ewing2

    1. Point Loma Nazarene University 2. Hacienda Baru National Wildlife Refuge

    Meet Jack Ewing, an ecotourism pioneer in Costa Rica who fought to safeguard wildlife from roadkill mortality caused by enlargement of a major highway. This module presents the topic of road...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4409/?v=2

  10. How We Help: Human elements of restoration ecology

    10 Jun 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sophia Anner1, Anna Sher2

    1. University of Louisville 2. University of Denver

    In this lesson, students recall the basics of restoration ecology, interpret and predict several graphs that explain restoration manager characteristics, and reflect on an interview with...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4419/?v=1

  11. Wildlife Crossings in Costa Rica: Are wildlife crossing structures effective in mitigating roadkill mortality on tropical highways?

    08 Jun 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Mike Mooring1, April Maskiewicz Cordero1, Jack Ewing2

    1. Point Loma Nazarene University 2. Hacienda Baru National Wildlife Refuge

    Meet Jack Ewing, an ecotourism pioneer in Costa Rica who fought to safeguard wildlife from roadkill mortality caused by enlargement of a major highway. This module presents the topic of road...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4409/?v=1

  12. Jimena Golcher-Benavides

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  13. Shane Heath

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  14. Lisa Delissio

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  15. Anne H Bower

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  16. Ryan Garrick

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  17. Rob Stevenson

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  18. Challis K Pulotu

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  19. Steve Mech

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  20. Robert Cooper

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