RESEARCH

• Enhancing science teachers’ understanding of ecosystem interactions with qualitative conceptual models
  Marion Dresner and Monica Elser
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Assessment of the teaching of evolution by natural selection through a hands-on simulation
  Lori H. Spindler and Jennifer H. Doherty
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Evaluating a Multi-Component Assessment Framework for Biodiversity Education
  Hagenbuch, Brian E., Nora Bynum, Eleanor Sterling, Anne H. Bower, John A. Cigliano, Barbara J. Abraham, Christine Engels, John F. Mull, John D. Pierce, Michelle L. Zjhra, Jennifer M. Rhode, Stuart R. Ketcham, and Margaret-Ann Mayer
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Practitioner Research Improved My Students’ Understanding of Evolution by Natural Selection in an Introductory Biology Course
  Bruce W. Grant
  Volume 6, February 2009
• The TIEE Research Practitioners Project: Faculty Investigating Active Teaching and Student Learning
  Deborah Morris, Charlene D'Avanzo, and Bruce Grant
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Evaluating the impact of TIEE activities on student learning: lessons for the instructor
  Jaclyn Schnurr
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Assessing gains in undergraduate students' abilities to analyze graphical data
  Chris Picone, Jennifer Rhode, Laura Hyatt, and Tim Parshall
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Data-rich case studies improve students' abilities to interpret graphs in a large non-majors course
  Judith Bramble and Margaret Workman
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Semester-long engagement in science inquiry improves students' understanding of experimental design
  Alan B. Griffith
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Use of an inquiry-based approach to teaching experimental design concepts in a general ecology course
  Elizabeth N. Hane
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Evaluating course impact on student environmental values in undergraduate ecology with a novel survey instrument
  Robert Humston and Elena Ortiz-Barney
  Volume 5, July 2007

ISSUES TO TEACH ECOLOGY

Figure Sets

• Impacts of high deer density on forest ecology and considerations for developing effective management solutions
  Rylee Smith
  Volume 20, August 2024
• Impacts of high deer density on forest ecology and considerations for developing effective management solutions
  Miranda Kearney, Lynne Beaty, and Shamili Ajgaonkar
  Volume 20, January 2024
• Using RGB high-resolution color imagery for object-based image classification and assessing urban canopy cover
  Rosny Jean
  Volume 19, December 2023
• Applying a Lotka-Volterra predator-prey model in R to assess the effectiveness of a biocontrol for diamondback moths in Kenya
  Linda A. Auker
  Volume 19, October 2023
• A graphing activity to investigate functional responses of lionfish
  Suann Yang
  Volume 19, October 2023
• An inquiry-based approach for teaching Type III functional responses in ecology
  Jeremy L. Hsu
  Volume 19, October 2023
• Figure Set update: An inquiry-based module aligned with the 4DEE framework for teaching about functional responses and biological control
  Rosny Jean, Linda Auker, Suann Yang, and Jeremy Hsu
  Volume 19, October 2023
• Community interactions of army ants
  Emily Rauschert
  Volume 19, October 2023
• Patterns and processes in landscape ecology: land use interactions with stream fish communities across scales
  Lauren Stoczynski
  Volume 19, August 2023
• Thermal ecology and the fate of lizards on a warming planet
  Tiffany M. Doan
  Volume 18, November 2022
• Size, Niches, and the Latitudinal Diversity Gradient
  John M. Grady, Quentin Read, Sydne Record, Phoebe Zarnetske, Benjamin Baiser, Kalaina Thorne, and Jonathan Belmaker
  Volume 14, October 2018
• Using functional responses to investigate the ecological consequences of an introduced biological control agent
  Jeremy L. Hsu
  Volume 13, January 2018
• Patterns and process in Landscape Ecology: Physical template, biotic interactions, and disturbance regime
  Cari Ficken, Megan Fork, and Matthew Fuller
  Volume 10, January 2015
• What does agriculture have to do with climate change?
  Brook J. Wilke and Justin Kunkle
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Of wolves, elk and willows: how predation structures ecosystems
  Cynthia Dott
  Volume 6, February 2009
• When Biocontrol Isn’t Effective: Making Predictions and Understanding Consequences
  Michele R. Schutzenhofer and Tiffany M. Knight
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Do Antbirds Help or Hinder Army Ants
  Mark Kuhlmann
  Volume 4, April 2006
• What are the Ecological Impacts of Plant Biotechnology?
  Dara Zycherman and Jason Taylor
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Ecological Impacts of High Deer Densities
  Tania M. Schusler
  Volume 2, July 2004
• What's Killing the Coral Reefs and Seagrasses?
  Charlene D'Avanzo and Susan Musante
  Volume 1, January 2004
• What Are Impacts of Introduced Species?
  Charlene D'Avanzo and Susan Musante
  Volume 1, January 2004
• The Ecology of Disturbance
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 1, January 2004

Data Sets

• Reorganisation following disturbance: multi trait-based methods in R
  Laura E. Richardson, Camille Magneville, Laura J. Grange, Jennifer L. Shepperson, Martin W. Skov, Andrew S. Hoey, and Adel Heenan
  Volume 20, June 2024
• Investigating effects of climate change on the phenology of subalpine wildflowers using a 45-year dataset
  David W. McNutt, Nora Underwood, and Brian D. Inouye
  Volume 19, December 2023
• Exploring species diversity across space and time with data from the National Ecological Observatory Network
  Lauren Holian, Cleber Ten Caten, and Tad A. Dallas
  Volume 19, October 2023
• Investigating mammal activity patterns using camera trap observations
  Emily K. Prince, Robert T. Kelley, and Elizabeth A. McDonald
  Volume 19, August 2023
• Investigating the Biospheric Carbon Pool in North Central North America
  Kellen Calinger
  Volume 19, August 2023
• Building Biodiversity Datasets for Invasive Species
  Sara Hansen, Anna Monfils, and Debra Linton
  Volume 19, August 2023
• Succession Case Study: Impact of Geographic Position on Biodiversity in Mid-Atlantic Forest Communities
  Natasha N. Woods and Julie C. Zinnert
  Volume 19, August 2023
• Playing with open biodiversity datasets: case studies using data from NEON, EDI, and GoMRI
  Xuan Chen and Daijiang Li
  Volume 19, May 2023
• Arrested succession? Assessing plant community recovery on reclaimed oil and natural gas well pads
  Michelle Rude, Chantal Ricard, Randi Lupardus, and Anne C.S. McIntosh
  Volume 18, July 2022
• Evaluating environmental drivers of disease outbreaks from seasonal trends
  Justin T. Nguyen, David J. Civitello, and Karena H. Nguyen
  Volume 16, August 2020
• Quantifying the impact of a brood parasite on crows
  Clare Trinder
  Volume 15, April 2019
• Visualizing a Disease Outbreak Using ESRI Story Maps
  Sophie T. Breitbart and Emily Weigel
  Volume 15, February 2019
• Data Management using National Ecological Observatory Network’s (NEON) Small Mammal Data with Accompanying Lesson on Mark Recapture Analysis
  Jim McNeil and Megan A. Jones
  Volume 13, April 2018
• The nose knows: How tri-trophic interactions and natural history shape bird foraging behavior
  Kaitlin M. Bonner and Gregory B. Cunningham
  Volume 13, April 2018
• The Effect of Climate Change on Butterfly Phenology
  Debra Linton, Anna Monfils, Molly Phillips, and Elizabeth R. Ellwood
  Volume 13, April 2018
• Investigating Sexually Transmitted Disease (STD) Ecologies Using Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
  Maruthi Sridhar Balaji Bhaskar, Jason A. Rosenzweig, and Shishir Shishodia
  Volume 13, March 2018
• Parasites – They’re what’s for dinner: Investigating the role of parasites in aquatic food webs
  Sarah A. Orlofske
  Volume 13, March 2018
• Environment-Richness Relationships in Ephemeral and Permanent Wetlands: Guided Inquiry with Graph Interpretation
  Amanda M. Little
  Volume 13, February 2018
• Investigating Leaf Litter Decomposition and Invertebrate Communities in Streams
  Alida F. Janmaat
  Volume 13, February 2018
• Painting turtles: an introduction to species distribution modeling in R
  Anna L. Carter
  Volume 13, November 2017
• The Biology of Climate Change: The effects of a changing climate on migrating and over-wintering species at a high-elevation field station
  Carrie Wu and Amy Ellwein
  Volume 13, November 2017
• Effects of multiple invasive species in experimental aquatic communities
  Miranda D. Redmond, Daniel L. Preston, and Rowan M. Gaffney
  Volume 10, August 2014
• Investigating the footprint of climate change on phenology and ecological interactions in north-central North America
  Kellen M. Calinger
  Volume 10, May 2014
• Investigating the Ecology of West Nile Virus in the United States
  Barbara J. Abraham and Josephine Rodriguez
  Volume 8, September 2012
• The Invasive Grass-Fire Cycle in the U.S. Great Basin
  Jennifer K. Balch, Marnie K. Carroll, and Bethany A. Bradley
  Volume 8, May 2012
• Drivers of avian local species richness: continental-scale gradients, regional landscape, or local land cover?
  Tom A. Langen
  Volume 8, April 2012
• Investigating human impacts on stream ecology: locally and nationally
  Amelia Nuding and Stephanie Hampton
  Volume 8, March 2012
• Nitrogen biogeochemistry of headwater catchments underlain by discontinuous permafrost
  Tamara K. Harms, Samuel T. Norlin, and Jeremy B. Jones
  Volume 7, July 2010
• Demographic vital rates and population growth: an introduction to projection matrices and elasticity analysis
  Jonathan M. Conard
  Volume 7, June 2010
• Global Temperature Change in the 21^st Century
  Daniel R. Taub and Gillian S. Graham
  Volume 7, June 2010
• Metabolic ecology: How do body size and temperature affect nutrient cycling rates?
  Michael J. Vanni and Jessica A. Gephart
  Volume 7, March 2010
• Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data
  Julie Beckstead, Alexandra N. Lagasse, and Scott R. Robinson
  Volume 7, February 2010
• The Effects of Bison Grazing on Plant Diversity in a Tallgrass Prairie (Konza Prairie LTER)
  Harmony J. Dalgleish and Teresa M. Woods
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Forest Ecosystem Responses to Chronic Nitrogen Additions
  Serita D. Frey
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Changes in Lake Ice: Ecosystem Response to Global Change
  Robert E. Bohanan, Marianne Krasny, and Adam Welman
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Long-term Response of an Arctic River Community to Phosphorus Fertilization
  Linda Deegan
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Comparing the Influence of Precipitation, Fire, and Topography on Plant Productivity in the Tallgrass Prairie
  Jesse Nippert and John Blair
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Effects of Plant Biodiversity on Ecosystem Productivity within a Savannah Grassland Community
  Joe Fargione and David Tilman
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Energy Balance and Trophic Status in Fish
  Charlene D'Avanzo (data from ESA archive)
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Hubbard Brook Streamflow Response to Deforestation
  Adam Welman, Cynthia Berger, and Marianne Krasny (data from Hubbard Brook LTER)
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Impact of Cowbird Brood Parasitism on an Avian Community
  Charlene D'Avanzo (data from ESA archive)
  Volume 1, January 2004

Ethics Case Studies

• Ethics in ecological forecasting: four case-based teaching modules
  Abigail S. L. Lewis, Dexter W. Howard, Gerbrand Koren, Cazimir Kowalski, Jason McLachlan, Jody A. Peters, Georgia Smies, and Olivia Tabares
  Volume 19, December 2023

Socio-environmental Synthesis Modules

• Understanding Causes of Reservoir Water Quality Deterioration Using Socio-environmental Synthesis Approach
  Mintesinot Jiru
  Volume 12, March 2017
• The Chesapeake Bay & Poultry Farming: A socio-environmental perspective
  Caroline M. Solomon and Khadijat Rashid
  Volume 12, March 2017
• The Anacostia River: A socio-environmental perspective
  Caroline M. Solomon and Khadijat Rashid
  Volume 12, March 2017
• Socio-environmental Synthesis: Linking Biology and Political Science Courses to Assess Hydroelectric Dam Relicensing
  Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens and Paul Thiers
  Volume 12, April 2017

Frontiers Issues to Teach Ecology

• Landscape Ecology of Large, Infrequent Fires in Yellowstone Park
  Based on Turner, M.G., W.H. Romme, and D.B. Tinker. 2003. Surprises and lessons from the 1988 Yellowstone fires. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 1 (7): 351-358.
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Vulnerability of High Diversity Habitats to Introduced Species
  Based on Stohlgren, T.J., D.T. Barnett, and J.T. Kartesz. 2003. The rich get richer: patterns of plant invasions in the United States. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 1(1): 11-14.
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Evolution of Ideas about Causes of Amphibian Deformities
  Based on Blaustein, A.R. and P.T.J. Johnson. 2003. The complexity of deformed amphibians. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 2(1): 87-94.
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Long Term Changes in Marine Fisheries
  Based on Barange, M. 2003. Ecosystem science and the sustainable management of marine resources: from Rio to Johannesburg. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment. 4(1): 190-196.
  Volume 2, July 2004

EXPERIMENTS TO TEACH ECOLOGY

Field Experiments

• A field lab designed to guide student research from sweepnet to statistical analysis
  Erin A. McKenney and Ana M. Meza-Salazar
  Volume 20, February 2024
• Leaf it alone: are falling leaves a burden or an economic and ecological windfall?
  Mark E. Mitchell
  Volume 16, April 2020
• How many species are there? Determining species richness
  Isaac W. Park and David W. Tonkyn
  Volume 10, January 2015
• How do pawpaws affect tree regeneration?
  Kathryn M. Flinn
  Volume 10, September 2014
• Performing a population viability analysis from data students collect on a local plant
  Noah Charney and Sydne Record
  Volume 9, November 2013
• Comparisons of Mycorrhizal Properties from Two Host Tree Species
  Gregory D. Turner
  Volume 9, November 2013
• Leaves as Thermometers
  Aaron B. Berdanier
  Volume 9, July 2013
• Demography from physical cemeteries, “virtual cemeteries,” and census data
  Janet Lanza
  Volume 8, February 2012
• Using Stream Leaf Packs to Explore Community Assembly
  Jennifer H. Doherty, Cornelia Harris, and Laurel Hartley
  Volume 7, August 2011
• Are males cheaper than females? Male and female costs of reproduction
  Ivana Stehlik
  Volume 7, July 2011
• Foraging behavior of insect pollinators in the presence of ambush predators
  Ivana Stehlik and Christina Thomsen
  Volume 7, March 2011
• Decomposition and Soil CO₂ Emission
  Jeffrey A. Simmons
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Marine Reserve Design:  Simulating stakeholder options
  Bonnie J. Becker and Peter A. Selkin
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Biodiversity Responses across a Gradient of Human Influence
  Christopher A. Lepczyk
  Volume 6, February 2009
• An Assessment of Assemblage Nestedness in Habitat Fragments
  Roarke Donnelly
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Herbivore Responses to Plant Vigor and Plant Responses to Herbivores
  Christopher F. Sacchi
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Life Under Your Feet: Measuring Soil Invertebrate Diversity
  Richard L. Boyce
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Testing Hypotheses on Plant-herbivore Interactions Using Sawfly Galls on Willows
  Kristina A. Ernest
  Volume 3, April 2005
• A Crosstown Walk to Assess Environmental Changes Along an Urban Socioeconomic Gradient
  George Middendorf and Charles Nilon
  Volume 3, April 2005
• Inquiry-based Learning in Plant Ecology: Students Collect the Field Data, Ask the Questions, and Propose the Answers
  Alan B. Griffith
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Pollination Ecology: Field Studies of Insect Visitation and Pollen Transfer Rates
  Judy Parrish
  Volume 2, July 2004
• Ecology of Habitat Contrasts: An Example from the Holyoke Range, MA
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Environmental Correlates of Leaf Stomata Density
  Bruce W. Grant and Itzick Vatnick
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Effects of Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) on the Establishment of Interspecific Seedlings
  Greg Murray and Kathy Winnet-Murray
  Volume 1, January 2004
• Seedling Growth of Wisconsin Fast Plants (Brassica rapa) in Field Environments
  Valerie A. Barko, Beth A. Burke, David J. Gibson, and Beth A. Middleton
  Volume 1, January 2004

Lab Experiments

• The very hungry (and bold) caterpillar - A classroom experiment testing relationships between animal behavior and herbivory
  Brian Connolly
  Volume 17, August 2021
• Use of historical death certificates as a tool to study the changing dynamics of human populations
  Diana I. Ortiz and Tia M. Kowalo
  Volume 16, December 2020
• Egg size plasticity in bean beetles (Callosobruchus maculatus): Does host bean species matter?
  Christopher W. Beck and Lawrence S. Blumer
  Volume 11, March 2016
• Effects of plant quality on caterpillar performance
  Caralyn B. Zehnder
  Volume 11, March 2016
• Rapid Adaptation of Bean Beetles to a Novel Host
  Christopher W. Beck and Lawrence S. Blumer
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Observing and Quantifying Predator-avoidance Behavior: Habitat Shifts in Snails Threatened by Shell-crushing Predators
  Timothy W. Stewart
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Exploring the Lotka-Volterra Competition Model with Two Species of Parasitoid Wasps
  Christopher W. Beck, Judy A. Guinan, Lawrence S. Blumer, and Robert W. Matthews
  Volume 2, July 2004

Ecological Simulations and Games

• DA³-BES: Exploring Complex Adaptive Systems Using Dynamic Multi-Agent Models for Honey Bee Colony Environment Simulation
  Benjamin Wingerter, Rubi Quiñones, and Dominic Cristiano
  Volume 19, August 2023
• Gaming Ag Nitrogen Cycling
  Ann E. Russell and James K. Dailey
  Volume 16, July 2020
• Processes that regulate patterns of species and genetic diversity
  Anna M. McKee, Gary T. Green, and John C. Maerz
  Volume 10, January 2015
• Teaching Exponential and Logistic Growth in a Variety of Classroom and Laboratory Settings
  Barry Aronhime, Bret D. Elderd, Carol Wicks, Margaret McMichael, and Elizabeth Eich
  Volume 9, November 2013
• Using Student Generated Qualitative Ecological Models
  J. Scott Blackwood, Marion Dresner, and Hang-Kwang Luh
  Volume 4, April 2006
• Insect Predation Game: Evolving Prey Defenses and Predator Responses
  W. Wyatt Hoback and Tamara L. Smith
  Volume 4, April 2006
• The Floristic Relay Game: A Board Game to Teach Plant Community Succession and Disturbance Dynamics
  Elena Ortiz-Barney, Juliet C. Stromberg, and Vanessa B. Beauchamp
  Volume 3, April 2005

Ecological Modeling

• Exploring how climate will impact plant-insect distributions and interactions using open data and informatics
  Wendy L. Clement, Kathleen L. Prudic, and Jeffrey C. Oliver
  Volume 14, August 2018

TEACHING

• Frequently Asked Questions and Answers About Student-Active Teaching
• Tutorials on Student-Active Teaching (short how-to's)
• Turn-to-Your-Neighbor
• Jigsaw
• Essays
• Student-Active Teaching
• Evaluation of Course Reforms: A Primer
• Guided Class Discussion
• Help Your Students Understand and Interpret Figures and Tables
• Glossary (education terms)
• Links
• TIEE Evaluation & Research
• Ecology Education Publications [PDF] (156 KB)

EXPERIMENTS TO TEACH ECOLOGY

• Experiments to Teach Ecology. 1993, edited by J.M. Beiswenger.

REVIEWS

• The 2008 AIBS/AAAS Biology Education Summit
  Susan Musante
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Meeting review: Conceptual assessment in the biological sciences (CABS)
  Nancy Stamp
  Volume 5, July 2007
• Meeting review: American Society for Microbiology Conference for Undergraduate Educators (ASMCUE)
  Jennifer G. Riem
  Volume 5, July 2007

EDITORIALS

• The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Ecology
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 6, February 2009
• Ecology faculty as research practitioners
  Charlene D'Avanzo
  Volume 5, July 2007

COMMENTARIES

• Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom through a QUBES Faculty Mentoring Network
  Kaitlin M. Bonner, Arietta E. Fleming-Davies, Kristine L. Grayson, Alison N. Hale, X. Ben Wu, and Samuel Donovan
  Volume 13, November 2017
• Engaging Undergraduate Students in Socio-environmental Synthesis
  •David Hawthorne, Mintesinot Jiru, Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Khadijat Rashid, Caroline M. Solomon, and Paul Thiers
  Volume 12, March 2017
• Engaging undergraduate students in ecological investigations using large, public datasets
  Teresa Mourad, Bruce Grant, and Wendy Gram
  Volume 8, February 2012