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Biting into "Science Cookies": Are seed fates determined by seed size or chemistry?
24 May 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Erin Kuprewicz1, Carlos Garcia-Robledo1
University of Connecticut
By understanding how animals make seed dispersal decisions, we can predict how plant traits affect seed survival and plant recruitment. Using wild agoutis, we experimentally tested how seed...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4813/?v=1
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Colorful wings send messages: Why are butterfly wings colorful?
15 Apr 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Melissa Kjelvik1, Adriana D. Briscoe2
1. Michigan State University 2. University of California, Irvine
Red postman butterflies live in tropical rainforests and have a mix of red, yellow, and black on their wings. These bright colors may warn predators or attract mates. Explore whether color alone or...
https://qubeshub.org/publications/4713/?v=1
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6-021-AcornsRodentsSnakes-ModelingScenario
08 May 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
Students are given the opportunity to build a three tropic level model in which snakes eat rodents, rodents eat acorns, and acorns grow and occasionally mast.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/3023/?v=1
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Search for the Missing Sea Otters
12 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):
By Mary Allen1, Mark L. Kuhlmann1
Hartwick College
National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science- using a progressive disclosure format, this case study teaches students how to apply ecological principles to a real-life ecological problem.
https://qubeshub.org/publications/926/?v=1
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Predator foraging behavior and patterns of avian nest success: What can we learn from an agent-based model?
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01 Oct 2015 |
Posted by Drew LaMar
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