Studying Behavioral Ecology on High School & College Campuses: A Practical Guide to Measuring Foraging Behavior Using Urban Wildlife

Mohammad A. Abu Baker; Sara E. Emerson; Joel S. Brown

doi:10.1525/abt.2015.77.6.432

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1 August 2015 Studying Behavioral Ecology on High School & College Campuses: A Practical Guide to Measuring Foraging Behavior Using Urban Wildlife

Mohammad A. Abu Baker, Sara E. Emerson, Joel S. Brown

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Mohammad A. Abu Baker,¹ Sara E. Emerson,² Joel S. Brown³

¹Mohammad A. Abu Baker is a Postdoctoral Researcher, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Qatar University, P.O. Box 2713, Doha, Qatar; e-mail: . abubakerma@gmail.com
²Sara E. Emerson is a Fulbright Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Mitrani Department of Desert Ecology, Jacob Blaustein Institute for Desert Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede Boqer, Midreshet Ben-Gurion 84990, Israel; e-mail: . emerson@po
³Joel S. Brown is Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 West Taylor St. (M/C 066), Chicago, IL 60607, USA; e-mail: . squirrel@uic.edu

The American Biology Teacher, 77(6):432-440 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.6.432

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We present a practical field exercise for ecology and animal behavior classes that can be carried out on campus, using urban wildlife. Students document an animal's feeding behavior to study its interactions with the surrounding environment. In this approach, an animal's feeding behavior is quantified at experimental food patches placed within its habitat. Following a lecture on foraging ecology and an outdoor discussion about the animals on campus, students formulate questions and hypotheses. Simple statistical analyses are used to construct results and draw conclusions.

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Mohammad A. Abu Baker, Sara E. Emerson, and Joel S. Brown "Studying Behavioral Ecology on High School & College Campuses: A Practical Guide to Measuring Foraging Behavior Using Urban Wildlife," The American Biology Teacher 77(6), 432-440, (1 August 2015). https://doi.org/10.1525/abt.2015.77.6.432

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August 2015

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