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1. Two-Species Model

   19 Aug 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Anton E Weisstein¹, Rene Salinas², John Jungck³

   1. Truman State University 2. Appalachian State University 3. Beloit College

   These two Excel worksheets simulate the population growth of two interacting species. In isolation, each species grows logistically, but interaction effects between species may limit or enhance...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4963/?v=1

2. Data-Driven Decision-Making: Antarctic Fisheries

   05 Jul 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Jessie Golding¹, Desiree Andersen¹, Ellen Bledsoe¹

   University of Arizona

   This is an entire module for a general education data science and ecology course. The module was originally designed as the fourth and final section of the course; the full course is openly...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4885/?v=1

3. 2012-Augustus-Wali-Mathematical Modeling of Uganda Population Growth

   07 Apr 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Augustus Wali

   NA

   The purpose of this paper focuses on the application of logistic equation to model the population growth of Uganda using data from 1980 to 2010 (inclusive).

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4073/?v=1

4. 1-021-FeralCatControl-ModelingScenario

   26 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Rachel Bayless, Nathan Pennington¹

   Creighton University, Omaha NE USA

   Students act as professional mathematical consultants and write a report analyzing the client's problem. The client company is a fictional organization which advocates for the use of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/3316/?v=1

5. A Remote-Learning Framework for Student Research Projects: Using Datasets to Teach Experimental Design, Data Analysis and Science Communication

   08 Oct 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Thea R. Popolizio*¹, Tess L. Killpack¹

   Salem State University

   Remote learning often requires an alternative to hands-on, student-designed research projects. To this end, we created a package of scaffolded assignments to support introductory students through...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2762/?v=1

6. An active-learning lesson that targets student understanding of population growth in ecology

   27 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Elizabeth Trenckmann¹, Michelle Smith¹, Karen Nicole Pelletreau¹, Mindi M. Summers²

   1. University of Maine 2. University of Maine, University of Calgary

   Effective teaching and learning of population ecology requires integration of quantitative literacy skills. To facilitate student learning in population ecology and provide students with the...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2587/?v=1

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   Jessica Rettig

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8. 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

9. Teaching Population Dynamics with Data and HHMI BioInteractive

   16 Nov 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Abby Kula¹, Kristine Grayson²

   1. Mount St. Mary’s University 2. University of Richmond

   Presented at NABT 2019, we demonstrate how the Population Dynamics Click & Learn resource can be customized for any organism - using the Lionfish invasion as an example

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/1474/?v=1

10. 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

11. Populus: Simulations of Population Biology

    08 Feb 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By D. N. Alstad

    University of Minnesota

    Link to Populus Software

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/352/?v=1

12. Teaching Exponential and Logistic Growth in a Variety of Classroom and Laboratory Settings

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

    By Barry Aronhime¹, Bret Elderd¹, Carol Wicks¹, Margaret McMichael², Elizabeth Eich³

    1. Louisiana State University 2. Baton Rouge Community College 3. Rice University

    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 9

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/268/?v=1

13. An Invitation to Modeling: Resource-Limited Population Growth Activity

    Collections | 21 Oct 2017 | Posted by Natalie Madeleine Howe

    https://qubeshub.org/community/members/6640/collections/ecology

14. An Invitation to Modeling: Resource-Limited Population Growth Activity

    Collections | 21 Jul 2017 | Posted by Drew LaMar

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/nimbios_wg_teachingquantbio/collections/resources-around-invitation-to-modeling-paper

15. An Invitation to Modeling: Resource-Limited Population Growth Activity

    Collections | 10 Jul 2017 | Posted by Drew LaMar

    https://qubeshub.org/community/groups/summer2017/collections/resources-for-monday-sessions

16. Populus: Simulations of Population Biology

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    05 Oct 2015 | | Contributor(s):: D. N. Alstad

    This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/352The Populus software contains a set of simulations that we use to teach population biology and evolutionary ecology at the University of Minnesota. Simulation models may be chosen from a...

17. Exponential Growth by Bozeman Science

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    03 Oct 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Paul Andersen

    Youtube video

18. Teaching Exponential and Logistic Growth in a Variety of Classroom and Laboratory Settings

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    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...

19. POPULUS Lotka - Volterra, the logistic equation & Isle Royale

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    13 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Stephen Malcolm

    Laboratory exercise explores predator-prey dynamics using Populus.

20. POPULUS Simulations of interspecific competition using the Lotka-Volterra model

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    13 Feb 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Scott Creel

    Explores the Lotka-Volterra model of interspecific competition using Populus.