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OpenIntro
29 Oct 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Divid Diez1, Chris Barr1, Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel2
1. OpenIntro 2. Duke University
OpenIntro was started with one goal in mind: create a free and open-source introductory textbook.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/889/?v=1
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Performing a Population Viability Analysis from Data Students Collect on a Local Plant
23 Sep 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Noah Chamey, Sydne Record
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/264During two lab periods, students collect demographic data on perennial plants and then use these data in a matrix model to perform population viability analyses. During the first lab,...
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Pokemon Go and Ecology
17 Feb 2017 | | Contributor(s):: Elizabeth C Davis-Berg, Joshua Drew, Stephanie Sardelis <stephanie.sardelis@gmail.com>
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/787These are resources associated with using Pokemon Go to teach concepts in Ecology. They can be used from Introductory non-majors classes up through graduate classes.
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Population Growth
30 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Miles Silman
Lab exercise in which students model both discrete and continuous density-independent growth. Students also model discrete and time-lagged density-dependent growth. General questions are provided at the end.
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POPULUS Evolutionary forces
03 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Jonathan M. Brown
This lab is focused on understanding how evolutionary forces - including mutation, genetic drift, migration, and selection - result in changes in population allele frequencies.
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POPULUS Genetic Drift Computer Simulation
30 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Joanna Vondrasek, Janis Antonovics, Doug Taylor
A stand-alone lab exercise developed for the Evolution course at the University of Virginia. Explores the effects of population size and initial allele frequency on the loss/fixation of alleles.
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POPULUS Lotka - Volterra, the logistic equation & Isle Royale
13 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Stephen Malcolm
Laboratory exercise explores predator-prey dynamics using Populus.
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POPULUS Simulations of interspecific competition using the Lotka-Volterra model
13 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Scott Creel
Explores the Lotka-Volterra model of interspecific competition using Populus.
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Teaching Exponential and Logistic Growth in a Variety of Classroom and Laboratory Settings
03 Aug 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Barry Aronhime, Bret D. Elderd, Carol Wicks, Margaret McMichael, Elizabeth Eich
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/268Ecology and conservation biology contain numerous examples of populations growing without bounds or shrinking towards extinction. For these populations, the change in the number of...