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A central challenge for college-level science and ecology students is understanding the significance of peer-reviewed scientific literature. Such literature is increasingly easy to access, but...
This Issue describes how agriculture provides important ecosystem services in the forms of food and fiber, but can also convey many disservices to agroecosystems themselves and to the ecosystems...
In this Issue, students will examine published data that address the ecological consequences of introduced species. Activities engage students in data analysis and hypothesis testing, and will...
Biotechnology is viewed by many scientists and the public as a solution to a potential food supply crisis in the coming decades; however, debates about the use, ethics, and the effectiveness of...
This Issue focuses on a research article by Stohlgren et al. (2003) and two responses to it that were published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. The article discusses the ecology of...
As simplifications of real system, models can be used by students to improve their understanding of an ecosystem and to make predictions about what will happen after a disturbance or other change to...
This article provides useful techniques to model ecological processes using spreadsheets.
River discharge couples terrestrial ecosystems with oceanic ecosystems. Fluctuations in river discharges from drought or flood events can have significant effects on coastal ecosystems.
The author of this TIEE Research Paper assessed student understanding of experimental design at the beginning and again at the end of a general ecology course in order to understand the impact of...
This image shows a view of unreclaimed mineland in northeastern Pennsylvania.
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