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1. Lotka-Volterra, the logistic equation, and Isle Royale

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   30 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Stephen Malcolm

   Students work through the basic Lotka-Volterra predator prey model using an example in which the prey exhibit density independence.  Students then incorporate density dependence of prey items using several different features of Populus.

2. POPULUS Genetic Drift Computer Simulation

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   30 Jan 2015 | | Contributor(s):: Joanna Vondrasek, Janis Antonovics, Doug Taylor

   A stand-alone lab exercise developed for the Evolution course at the University of Virginia. Explores the effects of population size and initial allele frequency on the loss/fixation of alleles.  

3. Faculty Mentoring Networks: A model for promoting teaching scholarship in quantitative biology education

   Citation | Poster

   Hale, Alison, Orndorf, Hayley, Donovan, Sam, Diaz-Eaton, Carrie, Fleming-Davies, Arietta, Gower, Stith, Hamerlinck, Gabriela, Jenkins, Kristin, LaMar, A. Drew, Poli, DorothyBelle, Sheehy, Bob, Wojdak, Jeremy, (2016), "Faculty Mentoring Networks: A model for promoting teaching scholarship in quantitative biology education", 2016 National Academies Special Topics Summer Institute on Quantitative Biology “Lowering the Activation Energy: Making Quantitative Biology More Accessible", : Raleigh, North Carolina, June, (DOI: )

4. Two themes, one talk: Distributing quantitative faculty expertise to classrooms that need it in real-time & measuring professional contributions to undergraduate education

   Citation | Presentation

   Wojdak, Jeremy, Donovan, Sam, Gower, Tom, Jenkins, Kristin, (2014), "Two themes, one talk: Distributing quantitative faculty expertise to classrooms that need it in real-time & measuring professional contributions to undergraduate education", Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research, : October, (DOI: )