Tags: species interactions

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  1. Modeling Two Species Interactions Educational Module

    06 Sep 2024 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Chris Wojan1, George Furey2, Clarence Lehman1, Daniel Stanton1, Allison Shaw1

    1. University of Minnesota 2. Norwegian University of Life Sciences

    This set of files comprises an educational module for use in college-level ecology courses. It focuses on exploring two species interactions (mutualism, competition, and predator-prey dynamics)...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/4870/?v=1

  2. Snapshot Serengeti Online Lab

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

    By Charles Willis1, Jeffrey A Klemens2, Rahul Agrawal3, Sadie Hebert1, Meredith Palmer4, Annika Moe1, Deena Wassenberg1, Katherine Barry1, Craig Packer1

    1. University of Minnesota 2. Thomas Jefferson University 3. University of Michigan 4. Princeton University

    Snapshot Serengeti is a fully online inquiry-based lab that uses real camera-trap data from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to explore themes of tropical ecology and animal behavior.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3488/?v=2

  3. Snapshot Serengeti Online Lab

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

    By Charles Willis1, Jeffrey A Klemens2, Rahul Agrawal3, Sadie Hebert1, Meredith Palmer4, Annika Moe1, Deena Wassenberg1, Katherine Barry1, Craig Packer1

    1. University of Minnesota 2. Thomas Jefferson University 3. University of Michigan 4. Princeton University

    Snapshot Serengeti is a fully online inquiry-based lab that uses real camera-trap data from Serengeti National Park in Tanzania to explore themes of tropical ecology and animal behavior.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3488/?v=1

  4. 2005-Saifullah-Mathematical Modeling With Differential Equations

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

    By - Saofullah

    NA

    This article aims to provide the students some basic modeling skills, which will have applications to a wide variety of problems.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3979/?v=1

  5. Integrating Community Ecology Into the Study of Parasites: Exploring the Effect of Host Behavior on Parasite Transmission Rates

    07 Aug 2022 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Will H. Ryan1, Christine M. Sestero*2

    1. University of Alabama at Birmingham and University of Montevallo 2. University of Montevallo

    Organismal life cycles are often presented as a set of facts to memorize in undergraduate biology courses. This approach is cognitively demanding for students and fails to convey how central life...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3423/?v=1

  6. 3-087-ThanosPopulationDynamicsInteractingSpecies-ModelingScenario

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

    By Saraha Patterson1, Blain Patterson

    Virginia Military Institute, Lexington VA USA

    Thanos snaps his fingers and turns half of all living creatures to dust with the hope of restoring balance to the natural world. How does this affect the long term behavior of various species?

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3147/?v=1

  7. 6-007-FunctionsAndDerivativesInSIRModels-ModelingScenario

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

    By Meredith Greer

    Bates College, Lewiston ME USA

    Given a system of differential equations, how do the solution graphs compare with the graphs of the differential equations? Students tackle this question using SIR models for well-known infectious...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/3104/?v=1

  8. Exploring Species Interactions with "Snapshot Serengeti"

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

    By Meredith S. Palmer*1, Charlie Willis2, Katherine Barry2, Craig Packer2, Annika Moe2, Deena Wassenberg2

    1. Princeton University 2. University of Minnesota

    Authentic learning experiences are a valuable way for students to gain an in-depth understanding of the scientific process. However, implementing such experiences in large enrollment courses can be...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2704/?v=1

  9. Science of Sorting

    22 Apr 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Julia Robinson1, Margaret t Liechty2, Ashley Kramer3

    1. Cecilia Berg Center for Environmental Education; Hefner Museum of Natural History; Miami University 2. Cecilia Berg Center for Environmental Education, Hefner Museum of Natural History,Miami University 3. Cecilia Berg Center of Environmental Education; Hefner Museum of Natural History; Miami University

    Children possess an innate curiosity about the natural world. This Discovery Trunk explores the topic of sorting, or classification, in the study of life science.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/2320/?v=1

  10. Fantastic Birds and Where to Find Them

    20 Mar 2019 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Molly Phillips1, Kathryn Green2

    1. iDigBio, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida 2. North Carolina Sate University

    5E lesson plan for middle/high school aligned to NGSS standards.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/1109/?v=1

  11. Climate Change, Phenology, and Community Interactions: Helping students explore the complexity of changing ecosystems

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

    By John Doudna

    Lansing Community College

    Students explore findings from long-term studies of migrating and hibernating animals at high elevation. Students then use this understanding to explore the phenology of species and possible...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/953/?v=1

  12. Developing quantitative skills for ecological data: the effects of climate warming on phenological variation and species interactions

    21 Nov 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Jill Hamilton1, Zachary Tarble1

    North Dakota State University

    Students combine long-term observational data sets and experimental warming in an alpine meadow in Gothic, CO to test, evaluate, and interpret ecological data focusing on phenological variation and...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/935/?v=1

  13. The Biology of Climate Change: The effects of a changing climate on migrating and over-wintering species at a high-elevation field station

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

    By Carrie Wu1, Amy Ellwein2

    1. University of Richmond 2. Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory

    Students evaluate weather and phenology data sets spanning 40+ years from a high-elevation field station in the Colorado Rocky Mountains, to test predictions about the effects of climate change on...

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/192/?v=1

  14. Population dynamics in simple two-species experimental microcosms

    22 Apr 2018 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

    By Christopher T. Ivey

    California State University, Chico

    A two-week exercise which includes homework calculations and teaching resources. Students establish brine shrimp and Platymonas algal cultures and predict final densities.

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/507/?v=1

  15. Exploring the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model using Two Species of Parasitoid Wasps

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

    By Christopher Beck1, Judy Guinan2, Lawrence Blumer3, Robert Matthews4

    1. Emory University 2. Radford University 3. Morehouse College 4. University of Georgia

    Experiment included in Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE) Volume 2

    https://qubeshub.org/publications/270/?v=1