Teaching Materials (1-10 of 10)

1. 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

2. Human Population Growth and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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

   By Courtney Campany

   Shepherd University

   Humans alter the climate by emitting greenhouse gases, by changing planetary albedo, and by altering atmospheric chemistry. Between 1900 and 2000, humans' emissions of carbon into the atmosphere...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4486/?v=1

3. An introduction to population matrix models: a swirl lesson

   15 Jun 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jennifer Apple

   SUNY Geneseo

   Students will learn how to set up a population matrix model in R and use it for demographic analysis of a population, including projecting population growth, determining lambda and the stable age...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1926/?v=1

4. Introduction to Data Management, Life History, and Demography

   29 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Risa Cohen

   Learning Goals:•explain importance of data management•identify elements of an organized data sheet•create & manipulate data in a spreadsheet •calculate vital statistics using life tables•collect,...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1872/?v=1

5. Demography from "virtual cemeteries"

   18 May 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Erin Larson

   University of Alaska Anchorage

   This module is a modification of the Lanza module in TIEE Volume 8. Rather than requiring students to visit cemeteries outside of class, this modification has students collect data from online...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1850/?v=1

6. Data from: Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide

   23 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Cory Merow, Johan Dahlgren, Jessica Metcalf, Dylan Childs, Margaret Evans, Eelke Jongejans, Sydne Record, Mark Rees, Roberto Salguero-Gómez, Sean McMahon

   Review important resources for building IPMs and provide a comprehensive guide, with extensive R code, for their construction.

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/853/?v=1

7. Advancing population ecology with integral projection models: a practical guide

   20 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Cory Merow¹, Johan Dahlgren², Jessica Metcalf³, Dylan Childs⁴, Margaret Evans⁵, Eelke Jongejans⁶, Sydne Record⁷, Mark Rees⁴, Roberto Salguero-Gómez⁸, Sean McMahon⁹

   1. Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA 2. Department of Ecology, Environment and Plant Sciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden 3. Department of Zoology, Oxford University, Oxford, UK 4. Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK 5. Laboratory of Tree-Ring Research and Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA 6. Department of Animal Ecology and Ecophysiology, Institute for Water and Wetland Research, Radboud University Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands 7. Harvard University, Harvard Forest, Petersham, MA, USA 8. Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Qld, Australia 9. Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, Edgewater, MD, USA

   Integral projection models (IPMs) use information on how an individual's state influences its vital rates – survival, growth and reproduction – to make population projections using regression...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/824/?v=1

8. Demography from physical cemeteries, "virtual cemeteries," and census data

   14 May 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Emily Dangremond¹, Janet Lanza²

   1. Roosevelt University 2. University of Arkansas at Little Rock

   Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8. Learning objective:Students will learn how to create life tables and survivorship curves using data...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/534/?v=1

9. Demography from physical cemeteries, "virtual cemeteries," and census data

   12 Mar 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Janet Lanza

   University of Arkansas at Little Rock

   Laboratory experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 8

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/399/?v=1

10. Survivorship in the Natural World

    09 Jan 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Anne Bronikowski¹, Jeanne Altmann², Diane Brockman³, Marina Cords⁴, Linda Fedigan⁵, Anne Pusey⁶, Tara Stoinski⁷, William Morris⁶, Karen Strier⁸, Susan Alberts⁶, Samantha Swauger⁹

    1. Iowa State University 2. Princeton University 3. Messiah College 4. Columbia University 5. University of Calgary 6. Duke University 7. Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund 8. University of Wisconsin - Madison 9. DryadLab

    Data driven curriculum module from Dryad Digital Repository

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/273/?v=1