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Wikipedia is a common tertiary source that many individuals use to gain quick knowledge and information about any topic. Although Wikipedia is sometimes looked down upon, it is still a great source to get basic knowledge that you are able to do further research on. Before enrolling in BIOL 4095, I never thought of creatingContinue reading “Wikipedia”

     Gaining information about a topic can be found in many different forms, through interviews, magazines, textbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and many more. These types of sources can be broken down into three types of sources called primary, secondary, and tertiary sources. These different types of sources provide different levels of information and validity. A primaryContinue reading “Peer Reviewed Primary vs Secondary vs Tertiary Literature”

In 2009, James Cameron produced and directed the fictional movie Avatar. Avatar is set in the year 2154, on an Earth-like planet called Pandora. Pandora consists of breathtaking sceneries and magnificent inter-connected ecosystems. This planet is inhabited by native, blue humanoid creatures called The Na’vi. These natives have the ability to connect to the animals,Continue reading “Avatar-2009”

This is a really interesting and relatively simple topic to understand. Habitat loss/deforestation means there is some degree of human encroachment, human encroachment generally results in a significant decrease in levels of biodiversity of that area. Human encroachment also means there will be more conflict between humans and native flora and fauna of a givenContinue reading “What is the Link Between Habitat Loss, Biodiversity and the Emergence of Zoonotic Viruses”

University Professor Dawn Bazely, is a biologist and ecologist whose work on plants in the Arctic has shaped political discourse on climate change. In addition to this she is a powerful advocate of women in STEM. Dr. Bazely gave this piece of advice on the Podcast or Perish series which is a podcast about academicContinue reading “A Valuable Piece of Advice from Dr. Dawn Bazely”

What is PPE and where can someone purchase reliable PPE? A) PPE stands for personalized parent education which is an online program that educates parents about how to better prepare their children for the changes that have occurred as a result of Covid-19 and SARS-CoV-2. It can be purchased online for $59.99. B) PPE standsContinue reading “Five Quick Questions to Test Your Knowledge on Covid-19”

I did not nominate the film Call of the Forest simply because it is a documentary about trees which are a type of plant and therefore, I have made my connection to applied plant ecology. I nominated this film because, in my opinion trees are one of the most overlooked and under appreciated organisms. TreesContinue reading “Why I Nominated the Film Call of the Forest: The Forgotten Wisdom of Trees and how it Relates to Applied Plant Ecology”

The other two films that I considered nominating for the film festival were Happy Feet (2006) and Ice age: The meltdown (2006). These coming of age children’s movies, really highlighted the climate change issues going on in the current world and their impact on plant and animal species. The film is based on the ideasContinue reading “Other two films”

Eugene and Howard Odum: The two brothers are known as the leading figures in the development of ecosystem ecology post world war 2. I chose to write about them due to their significant contributions in the field of ecology. They were from a prominent academic family, with their father being a sociologist. With their contrastingContinue reading “Eugene and Howard Odum”