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Title
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| 1 | Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data | 1 | Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data using R |
Authors
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| 1 | Julie Beckstead (Gonzaga University) | 1 | Kristen Kaczynski () |
| 2 | Alexandra Lagasse (Gonzaga University) | 2 | Kristen Kaczynski () |
| 3 | Scott Robinson (Wildlife Biologist, Retired, Bureau of Land Management Coeur d'Alene Field Office Coeur d'Alene) | ||
| 4 | Hayley Orndorf (University of Pittsburgh) | ||
Description
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| 1 | <p>How does a bald eagle population change over time at a winter migratory stopover and which factors influence its abundance?</p> | 1 | <p>How does a bald eagle population change over time at a winter migratory stopover and which factors influence its abundance?</p> |
| 2 | 2 | ||
| 3 | <p> | 3 | <p>Students in this course have had courses in general ecology and statistics, where they were introduced to using R and R Studio. In addition, this was the final activity of four data intensive activities using R over the course of the semester.</p> |
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | <ul> | 5 | <p>I modified this activity to use in two consecutive 75 minute lectures of an upper division, senior level Applied Ecology course. The first class is devoted to the “research proposal” where they write down their predictions and draw graphs. The second class is devoted to R coding for data visualization and analyses.</p> |
| 6 | <li>Guided Approach: Students will generate questions abut bald eagle numbers influenced by weather and food availability. Students will then use graphing software (JMP of Excel) to compile the data in a graphical form to answer their questions.</li> | ||
| 7 | <li>Open-Ended Approach: Students will generate their own hypothesis of interest from the larger bald eagle data set. This approach is encouraged for upper division ecology students in conservation biology, wildlife management, or population ecology classes.</li> | ||
| 8 | </ul> | ||
Attachments
| 1 | link — Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data | 1 | file — publication_330_1270/BaldEagle.pptx |
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| 2 | file — ./bald_eagle_small.jpg | 2 | file — publication_330_1270/BaldEagleConservation_Activity_S2019.docx |
| 3 | file — publication_330_1270/Eagle Data Analysis_InstructorFile.R | ||
| 4 | file — publication_330_1270/eagleData.xlsx | ||
| 5 | file — publication_330_1270/student_proposal.docx | ||
| 6 | link — Exploring the population dynamics of wintering bald eagles through long-term data | ||
| 7 | file — ./publication_330_1270/Teaching Notes.docx |