Tags: forest ecology

Teaching Materials (1-10 of 10)

  1. Plant-microbial mutualisms in canopy gap recovery: How do soil microbial symbionts help tropical forests recover from treefall gaps?

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

    By Lindsay McCulloch1, Jorge Ignacio Mora2

    1. Harvard University 2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    This module uses tropical plant-soil microbial interactions in canopy gaps as a lens to better understand species interactions and disturbance ecology, while showing how scientists study these...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4424/?v=2

  2. Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing a module in an undergraduate majors’ course in forest ecology in Costa Rica

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

    By Branko Hilje

    Technological Institute of Costa Rica and Organization for Tropical Studies

    This publication describes implementation of a module on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica for an upper-level undergraduate course in forest ecology at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4346/?v=2

  3. Plant-microbial mutualisms in canopy gap recovery: How do soil microbial symbionts help tropical forests recover from treefall gaps?

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

    By Lindsay McCulloch1, Jorge Ignacio Mora2

    1. Harvard University 2. Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

    This module uses tropical plant-soil microbial interactions in canopy gaps as a lens to better understand species interactions and disturbance ecology, while showing how scientists study these...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4424/?v=1

  4. Restoring Tropical Forests: Implementing a module in an undergraduate majors’ course in forest ecology in Costa Rica

    17 May 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Branko Hilje

    Technological Institute of Costa Rica and Organization for Tropical Studies

    This publication describes implementation of a module on tropical forest restoration in Costa Rica for an upper-level undergraduate course in forest ecology at the Instituto Tecnológico de Costa...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4346/?v=1

  5. US Forest Service land management efforts with Kurt Sable

    27 Apr 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Kurt Sable1, Megan Seifert2

    1. United States Forest Service 2. Headwaters Science Institute

    Kurt Sable has been a Hydrologist for the US Forest Service for 17 years, working for three different National Forests in Northern California. He supplies insight on the watershed restoration...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2939/?v=1

  6. Is bigger always better? An investigation on the effect of drought on different sizes of trees

    11 Dec 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jessica Brzyski

    Seton Hill University

    This data set was compiled from worldwide data to examine the effects of drought on trees. Included in the dataset are measurements of growth and mortality as they relate to the size category of...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2189/?v=1

  7. Comparing Primary and Secondary Forest in a Preserve in Plano Texas: A Forest Ecology Course-based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) for Non-Majors and Lower-Level Majors

    21 Jul 2020 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Tamara Basham

    Collin County Commuity College District

    An activity that can be conducted as an online or field exercise in which students develop and test their hypotheses about how forest stand characteristics differ between two forest types.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1965/?v=1

  8. Data Management Adaptation: Correlating Forest Community Dynamics to Climate

    19 Dec 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Sarah McCarthy-Neumann

    Alma College

    Students use vegetation structure data from the National Ecological Observatory Network to understand necessary steps of data management from data collection to data analysis by correlating...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/959/?v=1

  9. EREN PFPP Species Composition Curriculum Module with Data

    29 Sep 2016 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Rachel Collins1, Jerald Dosch2, Kristine Hopfensperger3, Karen Kuers4, Erin Lindquist5, Charles McClaugherty6, Tim Menzel7

    1. Roanoke College 2. Macalester College 3. Northern Kentucky University 4. The University of the South 5. Meredith College 6. University of Mount Union 7. Piedmont College

    In this lab, students will learn foundational concepts of forest community dynamics and apply quantitative skills to data analysis and interpretation activities. Students will use tree plot data...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/31/?v=2

  10. EREN PFPP Species Composition Curriculum Module with Data

    28 Sep 2016 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jerald Dosch1, Erin Lindquist2, Karen Kuers3, Charles McClaugherty4, Kristine Hopfensperger5, Fernando Nieto6, Rachel Collins7, Tim Menzel8

    1. Macalester College 2. Meredith College 3. The University of the South 4. University of Mount Union 5. Northern Kentucky University 6. SUNY Old Westbury 7. Roanoke College 8. Piedmont College

    In this lab, students will learn foundational concepts of forest community dynamics and apply quantitative skills to data analysis and interpretation activities. Students will use tree plot data...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/31/?v=1