Some rows of the field in the photograph contain cotton plants (Gossypium sp) that are genetically engineered to produce a toxin from the bacterium Bacillus thuringiensis (Bt). Bt kills insects that...
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The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is a carnivorous mammal that was once common on the Iberian Peninsula, where its preferred habitat is scrub vegetation and Mediterranean woodland. The species...
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A bark scorpion (Centroides sp., green in the photograph) is pictured in an oval of ultraviolet light (purple in the photograph), demonstrating a unique method for studying scorpions in their native...
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The following article, originally published in the Ecology 101 section of The Ecological Society of America's Bulletin, describes the author's efforts to assess the educational value of field trips...
In this exercise, students will assess occurrences of regional deforestation in the Amazon. Students will develop a change-detection model of deforestation in the headwaters of the Amazon by...
An important skill for conservation practitioners to have in order to benefit from remotely sensed imagery is to be able to accurately relate features in satellite images or aerial photographs with...
This exercise acts as a self-guided tutorial that demonstrates how satellite imagery can be visualized using an open source remote sensing image processing software application called OpenEV. With...
This photograph shows scientists obtaining sediment core, which is useful in studying changes in forest composition, the frequency of forest fires, and climate change over the past 10,000 years. ...
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Ecologists attempt to establish general principles from a vast range of organizational, spatial, and temporal scales (Belovsky et al. 2004). The process of developing generalities in ecology...
This article, from the Ecological Society of America's Bulletin, discusses science education reform and issues surrounding the topic. Some suggestions are given with regard to changes that could be...
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