Drivers of Avian Local Species Richness: Continental-Scale Gradients, Regional LAndscape, or Local Land Cover?

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Students use data to test hypotheses on breeding bird species richness. Students will exercise critical thinking skills to interpret data sets and maps. They will then create graphic presentations of their findings.

This activity is included in Volume 8 of Teaching Issues and Experiments in Ecology (TIEE).
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Ecological Core Concept
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Drought & Water-Ecosystem Services Collection Off
Conservation Targets Under Global Change Collection Off
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Pedagogical Use Description This activity is intended for students to conduct a scientific investigation in a small group. Students will learn and practice the skills of interpreting data, generating graphs, and presenting the information represented in graphs.
Keywords birds, species richness, graphs, data sets,
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Primary Author Affiliation Department of Biology and Psychology, Clarkson University
Primary Author email tlangen@clarkson.edu
Submitter Email education@esa.org
Rights Tom Langen
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Date Of Record Submission 2012-06-07
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