Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed

Ann E. Russell; T. Mitchell Aide; Elizabeth Braker; Carissa N. Ganong; Rebecca D. Hardin; Karen D. Holl; Sara C. Hotchkiss; Jeffrey A. Klemens; Erin K. Kuprewicz; Deedra McClearn; George Middendorf; Rebecca Ostertag; Jennifer S. Powers; Sabrina E. Russo; Jennifer L. Stynoski; Ursula Valdez; Charles G. Willis

doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674

Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed

Ann E. Russell, T. Mitchell Aide, Elizabeth Braker, Carissa N. Ganong, Rebecca D. Hardin, Karen D. Holl, Sara C. Hotchkiss, Jeffrey A. Klemens, Erin K. Kuprewicz, Deedra McClearn, George Middendorf, Rebecca Ostertag, Jennifer S. Powers, Sabrina E. Russo, Jennifer L. Stynoski, Ursula Valdez, Charles G. Willis

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Understanding tropical biology is important for solving complex problems such as climate change, biodiversity loss, and zoonotic pandemics, but biology curricula view research mostly via a temperate-zone lens. Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed to tackle these issues.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	e3001674
Journal	PLoS biology
Volume	20
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674
State	Published - Jun 2022

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Support was provided by grants from the United States National Science Foundation (DBIRCN-UBE 1919640 and 2120141). Funding program website: https://beta.nsf.gov/funding/ opportunities/research-coordination-networks-undergraduate-biology-education-rcn-ube AR received funding, and all authors are participants in the research coordinated network that this grant funds. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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Russell, A. E., Aide, T. M., Braker, E., Ganong, C. N., Hardin, R. D., Holl, K. D., Hotchkiss, S. C., Klemens, J. A., Kuprewicz, E. K., McClearn, D., Middendorf, G., Ostertag, R., Powers, J. S., Russo, S. E., Stynoski, J. L., Valdez, U., & Willis, C. G. (2022). Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed. PLoS biology, 20(6), Article e3001674. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674

Russell, AE, Aide, TM, Braker, E, Ganong, CN, Hardin, RD, Holl, KD, Hotchkiss, SC, Klemens, JA, Kuprewicz, EK, McClearn, D, Middendorf, G, Ostertag, R, Powers, JS, Russo, SE, Stynoski, JL, Valdez, U & Willis, CG 2022, 'Integrating tropical research into biology education is urgently needed', PLoS biology, vol. 20, no. 6, e3001674. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001674

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