{"id":435,"date":"2016-01-28T21:49:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-28T21:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/?page_id=435"},"modified":"2016-02-02T20:46:26","modified_gmt":"2016-02-02T20:46:26","slug":"ecology-217-web-links","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/mitchell\/teaching\/field-ecology-3100418-undergraduate\/ecology-217-web-links\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecology 217 Web Links"},"content":{"rendered":"

General<\/strong><\/p>\n

Your text’s website<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Project Seahorse<\/a><\/span> (related to video planned for just before the exam)<\/p>\n

Biodiversity Glossary of Terms<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Ecological Society of America<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What does Ecology have to do with ME?<\/a><\/span> a quick blurb from the Ecological Society of America on the importance of this topic<\/p>\n

Issues in Ecology<\/a><\/span> — Reports by The Ecological Society of America on pressing issues. Current topics include:<\/p>\n

Human Alteration of the Global Nitrogen Cycle: Cause and Consequences;<\/p>\n

Ecosystem Services: Benefits Supplied to Human Societies by Natural Ecosystems;<\/p>\n

Nonpoint Pollution of Surface Waters with Phosphorus and Nitrogen<\/p>\n

Careers in Ecology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Natural History and Biodiversity on Land and Water<\/strong><\/p>\n

Wayne’s Word<\/a><\/span> – lots of short articles on interesting natural history. Based in San Diego<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.discoverlife.org<\/a><\/span>\u00a0– “all taxon survey” (Complete biodiversity inventory) in great smokey mountain park, Tennessee, USA<\/p>\n

US National Parks Service<\/a><\/span> – lots of info on natural history of the parks and their biota, history, and geology<\/p>\n

National Wetlands Research Center<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Digital Learning Center for Microbial Ecology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Great Lakes Information Network<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Web of Life <\/a><\/span>(Site devoted to a video last viewed Spring 97)<\/p>\n

EPA — surf your watershed<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Marine Biology Explorations<\/a><\/span> — lots of information and many images<\/span><\/p>\n

Climate<\/strong><\/p>\n

Clickable Climographs<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Online Guide to Meterology<\/a><\/span>, including El Nino<\/p>\n

World Meterological Organization<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Lake Effect Snow<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Akron Weather Forecast<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Life on Land and Water<\/strong><\/p>\n

Guide to Biomes <\/a><\/span>(Missouri Botanical Garden)<\/p>\n

Introduction to Biomes<\/a><\/span> (Radford University) — geography course with some visuals and other info.<\/p>\n

Wetlands<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Physiological Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Index of Autoecological Accounts <\/a><\/span>– Find information on the biotic and abiotic requirements of different species<\/span><\/p>\n

Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n

Breeding Bird Survey<\/a> <\/span>— Loads of data and information about birds and their ecology — life history data, pictures, maps, songs.<\/p>\n

Africanized honey bee info from UC Riverside<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Biota of North America Project<\/a> <\/span>— checklist and distributions for many plants and animals<\/p>\n

Species in Parks<\/a><\/span> – database of flora and fauna of National Parks<\/p>\n

NatureServe Explorer<\/span>:<\/a> An online encyclopedia of life, with distribution maps for many species.\u00a0 http:\/\/www.natureserve.org\/explorer<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

Nor<\/u>thern Prairie Biological Resources<\/a><\/span> — great source for state and county distribution maps, species lists, etc.<\/p>\n

Canadian Biodiversity Information Facility<\/a><\/span>. Parts of the at the Canadian National Collection\u00a0 have been databased, digitized and georeferenced, with unique identifier labels added to each specimens. It is now available online at h<\/a>ttp:\/\/www.cbif.gc.ca\/portal\/digir-toc.php<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Powers of 10<\/a><\/span>. Nice illustration of different scales of observation.<\/p>\n

Population Dynamics<\/strong><\/p>\n

Online investigations – Salmon life history and biology<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Population Growth and Human Population<\/strong><\/p>\n

Populus <\/a><\/span>(ecology computer program) – To get the JAVA version of the program (runs on any machine), click on “download”, then download both the Java runtime machine, and the Populus 5.1 program (in the second paragraph).\u00a0\u00a0 A DOS version is also available<\/p>\n

On<\/a>line population modeling <\/a><\/span>— like Populus, but web-based<\/p>\n

Population Reference Bureau Data on World Population Growth<\/a><\/span> (For assignment)<\/p>\n

LIVE count of world population<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

6 Billion Human Beings<\/a><\/span> – Nice exhibit from the Mus\u00e9e de l’Homme, Paris<\/p>\n

1998 Revision of the UN World Population Estimates and Projections<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Population Institute<\/a><\/span> – advocacy group, but useful information and presentation<\/p>\n

<\/b>Demography Lab<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ecological Niche Theory According to Dr. Seuss<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Exploitation<\/strong><\/p>\n

Emerging viruses and human population growth<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

On-line simulation of Lotka volterra predation with harvesting<\/a><\/span> <\/b>won’t run on some machines<\/span><\/p>\n

Gypsy Moth<\/a><\/span> <\/b>background on this pest<\/span><\/p>\n

Mutualism<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yuccas and Yucca moths<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Tragedy of the Dodo<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Diversity<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Mapping Biodiversity<\/a><\/span> <\/b>— project run by the San Diego supercomputing center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Food Webs<\/strong><\/p>\n

Primary Production<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nutrient Cycling<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ecosystem Science and Technology at NASA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Succession<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mount St. Helens<\/a><\/span> — <\/span><\/b>movies, biotic responses, and more. From VolcanoWorld<\/span><\/p>\n

Scaling from trees to forests<\/a><\/span> — <\/span><\/b>Analysis of a complex simulation model in Science Magazine online<\/span><\/p>\n

Landscape Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n

GAP Analysis<\/a><\/span> – <\/span><\/b>A geographic approach to planning for biodiversity<\/span><\/p>\n

Geographical Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n

Global Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n

A paleo perspective on global warming<\/a><\/span> <\/b>(from NOAA)<\/span><\/p>\n

World Wildlife Fund<\/a><\/span> Report on Global Warming:<\/p>\n

Earthshots<\/a><\/span> – satellite images of global change (USGS)<\/p>\n

US Global Change Research Information Office<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Invasives<\/strong><\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/plants\/alien\/<\/a><\/span> US National Parks Service info on invasive plants<\/p>\n

Federal Interagency Committee for the Management of Noxious and Exotic Weeds.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Other Ecology Sources with Sites Worth visiting<\/strong><\/p>\n

SUNY Geneseo<\/a><\/span> — Excellent News Links, Good resources<\/span><\/p>\n

General Ecology and Environmental Science Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ecosystem services <\/a><\/span>— communicating the value of natural systems to the public<\/p>\n

Ecological Monitoring and Assessment Network<\/a><\/span> (Canada)<\/p>\n

Long Term Ecological Research Network<\/a><\/span> (US)<\/p>\n

CSUBIOWEB<\/a><\/span> lots of cool biology links<\/p>\n

List of WWW sites of interest to ecologists<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

WWW Virtual Library of Ecology and Biodiversity<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

National Biological Service<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Endangered species home page<\/a><\/span> — US Fish and Wildlife service<\/p>\n

The Nature Conservancy<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Pymatuning Ecology Lab<\/a><\/span> (summer field courses!)<\/p>\n

Rocky Mountain Biological Lab<\/a><\/span> (summer field courses!)<\/p>\n

Environmental Sites on the Internet<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental scorecards<\/a><\/span> — how much pollution in your community?<\/p>\n

The Lorax<\/a><\/span> — The text of Dr. Seuss’s Environmental Story<\/p>\n

Sites for Local Field Trips<\/strong><\/p>\n

MetroParks Serving Summit County<\/a> <\/span>(this link is to the calendar of events – explore this site for other useful information)<\/p>\n

Cuyahoga Valley National Recreation Area<\/a><\/span> (this link is to the calendar of events – explore this site for other useful information)<\/p>\n

ODNR<\/a><\/span> Ohio Division of Natural Resources — Portage Lake Park, others.<\/p>\n

ODNAP<\/a><\/span> – Ohio Division of Natural Areas and Preserves. Many great places that are only open at special times, when guides are available. Try Kent Bog or Jackson Bog.<\/p>\n

NorthEastern Ohio Naturalist <\/a><\/span>– listing and background on hikes in our area<\/p>\n

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Your Future!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jobs in Field Biology<\/a><\/span> (and other areas of Biology) — A how-to page we maintain here at the University of Akron! Emphasizes local opportunities for employment and experience.<\/p>\n

Biology Careers Page <\/a><\/span>Furman University<\/p>\n

Cuyahoga Valley Environmental Education Center<\/a> <\/span>(Be a counselor for 5th<\/sup> grade nature camp! Earn College Credit!)<\/p>\n

Career Center, University of Akron<\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0 Information on careers, jobs, internships, job search, interviewing, etc. Make an appointment and work with them to plot your career plans.<\/p>\n

See the Job announcements posted in the Biology Department’s mailroom and halls<\/p>\n

E-mail me (Dr. Mitchell) and ask to be put on his jobs e-mail list — as job, internship, research assistant, summer employment, and other opportunities cross my desk, I forward them.<\/p>\n

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School and Study<\/strong><\/p>\n

How to get more out of your study time<\/a><\/span> Tips from my first University Biology teacher (and the best pure teacher I had as an undergraduate) UC Davis<\/p>\n

Study suggestions for Biology <\/a><\/span>University of Georgia<\/p>\n

A student guide to essay exams<\/span> <\/a>(Stanford)<\/p>\n

Science and Math<\/strong><\/p>\n

Science News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Science Friday:<\/a><\/span> (“RealAudio” {i.e. listenable} discussions with famous and important scientists, often about ecological and biological issues. From the National Public Radio program aired locally on WCPN)<\/p>\n

The Why Files<\/a><\/span> (Science behind the news)<\/p>\n

Glossary of Mathematical Mistakes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

The Chaos HyperTextbook<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

Radio Expeditions (National Geographic)<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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