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Open Educational Resources for Life Sciences
2024
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Scott L. Gardner and Sue Ann Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 01: Introduction to Animal Parasitology [Introductory Concepts], Scott L. Gardner, Daniel R. Brooks, and Klaus Rohde
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 02: Phylogenetic Systematics in Parasitology [Introductory Concepts], Anindo Choudhury
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 03: Helminth Identification and Diagnostics: Basic Molecular Techniques [Introductory Concepts], Anindo Choudhury and Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 04: Hosts, Reservoirs, and Vectors [Parasites in Relation to Other Organisms], Matthew G. Bolek, Kyle D. Gustafson, and Gabriel J. Langford
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 05: Life Cycles [Parasites in Relation to Other Organisms], Matthew G. Bolek, Kyle D. Gustafson, and Gabriel J. Langford
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 06: Behavioral Parasitology [Parasites in Relation to Other Organisms], Megan R. Wise de Valdez
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 07: Biostatistics for Parasitologists: A Painless Introduction [Parascript Approaches], Jenő Reiczigel, Marco Marozzi, Fábián Ibolya, and Lajos Rózsa
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 08: Distributional Ecology of Parasites [Parascript Approaches], A. Townsend Peterson
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 09: The Coccidia Proper: Important Apicomplexa Other than Haemoprotozoa [Protozoa, Apicomplexa], Donald W. Duszynski
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 10: Haemosporida (Order): The “Malaria Parasites” [Protozoa, Apicomplexa], Susan L. Perkins and Spencer C. Galen
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 11: Trypanosoma (Genus) [Protozoa, Trypanosomatidae], Ana Maria Jansen, Samanta C. Chagas Xavier, and André Luiz Rodrigues Roque
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 12: Leishmania (Genus) and Leishmaniasis [Protozoa, Trypanosomatidae], Mary Ann McDowell and Jennifer Robichaud
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 13: Myxozoa (Subphylum), Terrence L. Miller
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 14: Mesozoa (Phylum Dicyemida and Phylum Orthonecta) [Mesozoa], Sarah R. Catalano
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 15: Introduction to Endoparasitic Platyhelminths (Phylum Platyhelminthes), Larry S. Roberts, John J. Janovy Jr., Steven A. Nadler, and Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 16: Introduction to Cestodes (Class Cestoda) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda], Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 17: Cyclophyllidea Beneden in Braun, 1900 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 18: Taenia (Genus) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Sumiya Ganzorig and Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 19: Echinococcus (Genus) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Akira Ito and Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 20: Proteocephalidae La Rue, 1911 (Family) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Tomáš Scholz and Roman L. Kuchta
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 21: Bothriocephalidea Kuchta et al., 2008 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Jorge Falcón-Ordaz and Luis García-Prieto
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 22: Diphyllobothriidea Kuchta et al., 2008 (Order): The Broad Tapeworms [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Tomáš Scholz and Roman L. Kuchta
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 23: Trypanorhyncha Diesing, 1863 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Francisco Zaragoza-Tapia and Scott Monks
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 24: Cathetocephalidea Schmidt and Beveridge, 1990 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Luis García-Prieto, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, and Berenice Adán-Torres
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 25: Diphyllidea van Beneden in Carus, 1863 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Luis García-Prieto, Brenda Atziri García-García, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, and Berenice Adán-Torres
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 26: Lecanicephalidea Hyman, 1951 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Luis García-Prieto, Berenice Adán-Torres, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, and Brenda Atziri García-García
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 27: Litobothriidea Dailey, 1969 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Luis García-Prieto, Berenice Adán-Torres, Brenda Atziri García-García, and Omar Lagunas-Calvo
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 28: Phyllobothriidea Caira et al., 2014 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Brenda Atziri García-García, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Berenice Adán-Torres, and Luis García-Prieto
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 29: Rhinebothriidea Healy et al., 2009 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, Berenice Adán-Torres, and Luis García-Prieto
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 30: Relics of “Tetraphyllidea” van Beneden, 1850 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Eucestoda], Berenice Adán-Torres, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, and Luis García-Prieto
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 31: Amphilinidea Poche 1922 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Cestodaria], Klaus Rohde
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 32: Gyrocotylidea (Order): The Most Primitive Group of Tapeworms [Platyhelminthes, Cestoda, Cestodaria], Willi E. R. Xylander and Klaus Rohde
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 33: Aspidogastrea (Subclass) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Aspidogastrea], Klaus Rohde
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 34: Introduction to Diplostomida Olson et al., 2003 (Order) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Diplostomida], Lucrecia Acosta Soto, Bernard Fried, and Rafael Toledo
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 35: Aporocotylidae Odhner, 1912 (Family): Fish Blood Flukes [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Diplostomida], Russell Q.-Y. Yong
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 36: Introduction to Plagiorchiida La Rue, 1957 (Order)[Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida], Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried, and Lucrecia Acosta Soto
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 37: Bivesiculata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Small, Rare, but Important [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida], Thomas H. Cribb and Scott C. Cutmore
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 38: Echinostomata La Rue, 1926 (Suborder) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida], Rafael Toledo, Bernard Fried, and Lucrecia Acosta Soto
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 40: Hemiurata Skrjabin & Guschanskaja, 1954 (Suborder) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida], Lucrecia Acosta Soto, Bernard Fried, and Rafael Toledo
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 41: Monorchiata Olson et al., 2003 (Suborder): Two Families Separated by Salinity [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida], Nicholas Q.-X. Wee
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 42: Opisthorchis (Genus) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida], Sue Ann Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 43: Allocreadiidae Looss, 1902 (Family) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida, Xiphidiata], Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León, David Iván Hernández-Mena, and Brenda Solórzano-García
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 44: Haematoloechidae Odening, 1964 (Family) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida, Xiphidiata], Virginia León-Règagnon
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 45: Lecithodendriidae Lühe, 1901 (Family) [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea, Plagiorchiida, Xiphidiata], Jeffrey M. Lotz
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 47: Summary of the Digenea (Subclass): Insights and Lessons from a Prominent Parasitologist [Platyhelminthes, Trematoda, Digenea], Robin M. Overstreet
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 48: Introduction to Endoparasitic Nematodes (Phylum Nemata) [Nemata], Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 49: Trichuroidea and Trichinelloidea (Superfamilies) [Nemata, Adenophorea], María del Rosario Robles and Rocío Callejón Fernández
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 50: Ascarididae and Anisakidae (Families): Large Intestinal Nematodes [Nemata, Secernentea], Larry S. Roberts, John J. Janovy Jr., Steven A. Nadler, and Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 51: Heterakoidea (Superfamily): Cosmopolitan Gut-Dwelling Parasites of Tetrapods [Nemata, Secernentea], F. Agustín Jiménez-Ruiz
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 52: Oxyurida (Order): Pinworms [Nemata, Secernentea], Haylee J. Weaver
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 53: Spirurida (Order) [Nemata, Secernentea], Valentin Radev
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 54: Camallanina (Suborder): Guinea Worm and Related Nematodes [Nemata, Secernentea], Anindo Choudhury
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 55: Filarioidea Weinland, 1858 (Superfamily) [Nemata, Secernentea], Juliana Notarnicola
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 56: Strongyloidea Baird, 1853 and Trichostrongyloidea Cram, 1927 (Superfamilies): Bursate Nematodes [Nemata, Secernentea], Larry S. Roberts, John J. Janovy Jr., Steven A. Nadler, Valentin Radev, and Scott L. Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 57: Nematomorpha (Phylum): Horsehair Worms, Matthew G. Bolek and Ben Hanelt
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 58: Acanthocephala Rudolphi, 1808 (Phylum), Scott Monks
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 59: Pentastomida: Endoparasitic Arthopods, Chris T. McAllister
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 60: Monogenea van Beneden, 1858 (Class) [Platyhelminthes], Griselda Pulido-Flores
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 61: Transversotrematidae Witenberg, 1944 (Family): Ectoparasitic Trematodes [Platyhelminthes], Scott C. Cutmore and Thomas H. Cribb
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 62: Hirudinea (Subclass): Parasitic Leeches, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa and Sebastian Kvist
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 63: Siphonaptera Latreille, 1825 (Order): Fleas [Arthropoda], Marcela Lareschi
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 64: Phthiraptera (Order): Lice [Arthropoda], Lajos Rózsa and Haylee J. Weaver
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 65: Triatominae Jeannel, 1919 (Subfamily): Kissing Bugs [Arthropoda], Sue Ann Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 66: Ixodida Leach, 1815 (Order): Ticks [Arthropoda], Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Valeria Castilho Onofrio, and Filipe Dantas-Torres
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 66: Ixodida Leach, 1815 (Order): Ticks -- Keys to the Ticks [Arthropoda], Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Valeria Castilho Onofrio, and Filipe Dantas-Torres
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 66: Ixodida Leach, 1815 (Order): Ticks -- List of Tick Species [Arthropoda], Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Valeria Castilho Onofrio, and Filipe Dantas-Torres
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Chapter 67: Acari Leach, 1817 (Subclass): Mites [Arthropoda], David Evans Walter, Gerald W. Krantz, and Evert E. Lindquist
Concepts in Animal Parasitology: Front and Back Matter, Sue Ann Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology: Master Bibliography, Sue Ann Gardner
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Part 1: Introductory Concepts, Scott L. Gardner, Daniel R. Brooks, Klaus Rohde, Anindo Choudhury, Matthew G. Bolek, Kyle D. Gustafson, Gabriel J. Langford, Megan R. Wise De Valdez, Jenő Reiczigel, Marco Marozzi, Fábián Ibolya, Lajos Rózsa, and A. Townsend Peterson
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Part 2: Protozoa, Myxozoa, Mesozoa, Donald W. Duszynski, Susan L. Perkins, Spencer C. Galen, Ana Maria Jansen, Samanta C. Chagas Xavier, André Luiz Rodrigues Roque, Mary Ann McDowell, Jennifer Robichaud, Terrence L. Miller, and Sarah R. Catalano
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Part 3: Endoparasitic Platyhelminths, Larry S. Roberts, John J. Janovy Jr., Steven A. Nadler, Scott L. Gardner, Sumiya Ganzorig, Tomáš Scholz, Roman Kuchta, Jorge Falcon-Ordaz, Luis Garcia-Prieto, Francisco Zaragoza-Tapia, Scott Monks, Omar Lagunas-Calvo, Brenda Atziri García-García, Berenice Adán-Torres, Klaus Rohde, Willi E. R. Xylander, Lucrecia Acosta Soto, Rafael Toledo, Russell Q.-Y. Yong, Thomas H. Cribb, Scott C. Cutmore, Daniel C. Huston, Nicholas Q.-X. Wee, Sue Ann Gardner, Gerardo Pérez-Ponce de León, David Iván Hernández-Mena, Brenda Solórzano-García, Virginia León-Règagnon, Jeffrey M. Lotz, and Storm B. Martin
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Part 4: Nemata, Nematomorpha, Acanthocephala, Pentastomida, Scott L. Gardner, María del Rosario Robles, Rocío Callejón Fernández, John J. Janovy Jr., Steven A. Nadler, F. Agustín Jiménez-Ruiz, Haylee J. Weaver, Valentin Radev, Anindo Choudhury, Juliana Notarnicola, Matthew G. Bolek, Ben Hanelt, Scott Monks, and Chris T. McAllister
Concepts in Animal Parasitology, Part 5: Ectoparasites, Griselda Pulido-Flores, Scott C. Cutmore, Thomas H. Cribb, Alejandro Oceguera-Figueroa, Sebastian Kvist, Marcela Lareschi, Lajos Rózsa, Haylee J. Weaver, Sue Ann Gardner, Darci Moraes Barros-Battesti, Valeria Castilho Onofrio, and Filipe Dantas-Torres
2023
Advanced Backcross Breeding, P. Stephen Baenziger and Patricia Hain
A Monographic Revision of the Jewel Scarabs Genus Chrysina from Panama, Colombia, and Ecuador (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Rutelinae: Rutelini), Manuel D. Barria
From Seed to Seed: A Pictorial Story Showing How a Bean Plant Grows: Part 1 The Developing Bean Plant, Ellen T. Paparozzi, M. Elizabeth Conley, and Christian Elowsky
From Seed to Seed: A Pictorial Story Showing How a Bean Plant Grows. Part 2 The Flowering and Mature Bean Plant, Ellen T. Paparozzi, M. Elizabeth Conley, and Christian Elowsky
From Seed to Seed: A Pictorial Story Showing How a Bean Plant Grows: Part 3 How to Grow and Observe Red Kidney Bean Plants, Ellen T. Paparozzi, M. Elizabeth Conley, and Christian Elowsky
Holocene Rice Rats (Genus Oryzomys) from the Upper Mississippi River Drainage Basin, Hugh H. Genoways
Microbe Hunters, Paul de Kruif
The Scarabaeoid Beetles of Maryland (Coleoptera), Dana L. Price and Brett C. Ratcliffe
2022
Biodegradable Mulch, Analyzing Research Articles and Statistical Data, Donald Lee, Kristina Alas, Samuel E. Wortman, and Jared Stander
Buffalo Grass Field Data Part 1: Scoring and Data Analysis, Kristina Alas, Keenan Amundsen, Don Lee, and Jared Stander
Buffalo Grass Field Data Part 2: Editing and Graphing Data, Kristina Alas, Keenan L. Amundsen, Don Lee, and Jared Stander
Death Scene Insect Succession in Nebraska: A Guidebook, Erin Bauer, Larry Barksdale, Emma Sidel, and Justine LaViolette
High Throughput Phenotyping in Plant Breeding, Catherine Mick, Don Lee, Leah Sandall, Katherine Anna Frels, and Yufeng Ge
Vaccinate: Posters from the COVID-19 Pandemic, Aaron Sutherlen, Judy Diamond, Meghan Leadabrand, Julia McQuillan, and St Patrick Reid
2021
Holocene Records of Nebraska Mammals, Hugh H. Genoways
Mitosis and Meiosis and the Cell Cycle, Don Lee, Walter Suza, and Marjorie Hanneman
Parasites: The Inside Scoop, Scott Lyell Gardner, Judy Diamond, Gábor R. Rácz, and Brenda Lee
Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), Deana M. Namuth, Donald J. Lee, and Walter P. Suza
S Is for Sandhill: A Crane Alphabet, Paul A. Johnsgard
The Sandhill Crane State: A Naturalist’s Guide to Nebraska, Paul Johnsgard
2020
Adaptive Cycle, Katharine F. E. Hogan, Conor Barnes, Dillon T. Fogarty, Julie A. Fowler, Jessica E. Johnson, Alison K. Ludwig, and Dirac L. Twidwell Jr
Alternative Stable State Theory and Regime Shifts, Julie A. Fowler, Conor Barnes, Dillon Fogarty, Katharine F. E. Hogan, Jessica E. Johnson, Alison K. Ludwig, and Dirac L. Twidwell Jr.
BUG BASICS: A Quizlet Style Educational Trivia Game, Glynnys D. Pentecoste